There is some consensus in the community that non-motorised transport has worthwhile social and environmental benefits. However, non-motorised transport components of projects often miss out on significant funds from government agencies because the (traditional) procedures used to rank and prioritise competing capital works and programmes are based on conventional economic models of benefit-cost ratios, etc. These generally either exclude or underestimate the influence of modal replacement, interchange of or conversion to cycling and walking. This paper reviews the relatively scarce literature on economic measures of cycling and walking, develops some key parameters, and suggests future directions for integrating them in decision-making processes affecting mobility. (A)
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