Outer Banks businesses benefit from bicycle paths and lanes

Occasionally I'll stumble across reports that study whether the costs of building bike paths or bike lanes justify the expenditures of public funds.

In all cases, the bike facilities pay for themselves. And not just for increased health and safety of users, but in cold hard cash for businesses.

For instance, a report entitled "Bikeways to Prosperity" looked at whether $6.7 million worth of state and local spending for an extensive network of bicycle facilities on the Outer Banks of North Carolina was justified.

The study, researched in 2003 and published in 2004, found that a conservative estimate of 40,800 visitors a year vacationed ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/10/9/4916077.html

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