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Understanding the Economic Benefits of Active Transport (Aus)

In May 2011 the Institute for Sensible Transport released a report commissioned by the Queensland Government to gain a better understanding of how to integrate benefit cost analysis into walking and cycling programs.

The economic assessment was completed by an international consortium and the report is a comprehensive evaluations of the health, transport and environmental impacts of walking and cycling.

Download the report's Executive Summary. (9.6MB PDF)

Download the full report (56MB PDF) from the Sensible Transport website.