45% seems massive. What’s going on here? Are cars causing cancer? Or is it just that people with cancer are less likely to bike?
Less than a hundred years ago you would have factories in city centres and people commuting there from within a walking distance.
Nowadays both environmental regulations and land prices pushed all that to the outskirts.
The last 30km along the expressway leading to my home city are lined with factories, logistics centres and whatnot and I'm sure most workers there commute by car.
- Lower obesity rates vs most developed countries.
- Reductions in air and noise pollution.
- Arguably, improved social cohesion, because streets are friendlier for people to linger on and they spend less time sat in expensive metal vanity boxes.