Study Finds Bicycling Infrastructure Projects Create More Jobs Per Dollar Than Road Projects

Want to create jobs with transportation money? More of this.

From the Department Of Stuff We're Glad Somebody's Studying comes this report from the Political Economy* Research Institute at University of Mass Amherst.

In short: some smart people measured the impact on employment caused by transportation projects involving various combinations of bicycle, pedestrian, and road infrastructure. They found that bicycling-only infrastructure projects created the most jobs per $1 million spent.

From the abstract: