{"id":17695,"date":"2011-01-03T18:53:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T23:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=17695"},"modified":"2012-11-23T02:33:36","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T02:33:36","slug":"how-much-is-bicycling-worth-to-the-economy-1-5-billionyear-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/how-much-is-bicycling-worth-to-the-economy-1-5-billionyear-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much is Bicycling Worth to the Economy? $1.5 Billion\/Year in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/bicyclist-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17701\" title=\"bicyclist wisconsin\" src=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/files\/2011\/01\/bicyclist-wisconsin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re bicycling fans here on Ecolocalizer. Have you noticed?<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s good for everything: our health, the livability of cities, the efficiency of our cities, equitable access to key needs, and the economy. Here&#8217;s more on that last part, the economy, from the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Investment in a more bicycle friendly Wisconsin pays off. A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfw.org\/uploads\/media\/Valuing_Bicycling_in_Wisconsin_Final_Report_January_2010[1].pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2010 study<\/a> conducted at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that<strong> bicycling contributes $1.5 billion to Wisconsin&#8217;s economy <\/strong>every year.<\/p>\n<p>What does bicycling mean for our local communities and our state? It means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13,200 bike-related jobs<\/li>\n<li>$535 million in tourism dollars from out-of-state visitors<\/li>\n<li>reduced health care costs<\/li>\n<li>a better quality of life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full piece here:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfw.org\/education\/index.php?category_id=4746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bicycling boosts Wisconsin&#8217;s economy by $1.5 billion annually<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2010\/12\/27\/nyc-doctors-ask-for-better-bike-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYC Doctors Ask for Better Bike Infrastructure<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n2.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2010\/12\/03\/bike-theft-and-vandalism-not-an-issue-for-u-s-bike-sharing-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bike Theft and Vandalism Not an Issue For U.S. Bike-Sharing Programs<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n3.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2010\/12\/07\/food-delivery-by-bike-for-portlands-hungry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Delivery by Bike for Portland\u2019s Hungry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jimmydspics\/5103186230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jbdenham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re bicycling fans here on Ecolocalizer. Have you noticed? Why? Because it&#8217;s good for everything: our health, the livability of cities, the efficiency of our cities, equitable access to key needs, and the economy. Here&#8217;s more on that last part, the economy, from the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin: Investment in a more bicycle friendly Wisconsin &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/how-much-is-bicycling-worth-to-the-economy-1-5-billionyear-in-wisconsin\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Much is Bicycling Worth to the Economy? $1.5 Billion\/Year in Wisconsin<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,350,26,27],"tags":[55,56,70,58,72,670,114,65,639],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"We&#8217;re bicycling fans here on Ecolocalizer. Have you noticed? Why? Because it&#8217;s good for everything: our health, the livability of cities, the efficiency of our cities, equitable access to key needs, and the economy. Here&#8217;s more on that last part, the economy, from the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin: Investment in a more bicycle friendly Wisconsin&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}