Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds

The cumulative public health benefit of people being more active was estimated at as much as 4,800 per local adult over a 20-year period, as against a cost per person to build LTNs of about 28-35, or 112.

the benefit-to-cost ratio for LTNs of between 50-1 and 200-1 estimated by the study are likely to be conservative.

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