Healthy Financially…Environmentally…and Bodily…To Fatten The Coffers

Boosting walking and biking opportunities for Ohio residents…could save billions of dollars over the next 20 years. That’s according to a plan, released by the state Department of Transportation. ODOT’s Walk. Bike. Ohio plan looks into options…as the number of teenagers earning driver’s licenses drops…while a growing over-65 population looks for other ways to get around, than by car. The plan, in development since 2019, finds that existing trips by foot or bike can save people $12.7 billion dollars in transportation and environmental costs, over 20 years. Increasing such trips by just 1% could add another $5 billion in savings, they say. You gotta figure all that biking and walking will also make you healthier, too. There’s a lot of savings there, also…on the healthcare side.