Table 6 Active Transportation Health Benefits (SQW 2007)
Annual Value Per
Additional Cyclist
SQW
calculations
£22 for 16 - 44
£235 for over 45
£11.16 for 16 – 44 years
£99.53 for 45 - 64 years
£242.07 for 65 years and over
£58.77 weighted average
DCMS Game
Plan (2002)
Copenhagen
Heart
Study/Rutter
DfT/Sustrans
model
TfL Business
case (2006)
Between £40.79 and £50.73
depending on scenario
20
Notes
Inactive people achieving definition of active (30
minutes a day, 5 times a week) as a result of cycling
Values calculated using National Heart Forum
results. Assumes a “step” increase in physical activity
associated with cycling e.g. sedentary people become
lightly active, lightly active become moderately
active etc. Shown by age and includes uplift to allow
for stroke and colon cancer
Implied value from report results. Uses foregone
earnings, not full welfare costs
£498 Based on all cyclists (not just those becoming active)
and all causes of mortality. Applied to UK mortality
data and DfT value of life by Rutter
£123
£88
Uses number of deaths through inactivity and the
National Heart Forum average values
As above but using London data
MACAW model 40 pence per kilometer Assumed to be part of long term regular cycling