QUICK QUIZ ABOUT WALKING

Q1  What are the benefits of walking?

Q2  What is the value to the Community of walking 1 km?

Q3  What is the value to the Community of riding a bike 1 km?

Q4 If someone driving a car hits a robust adult, what is the probability of the adult dying if the car is traveling at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 km/h?

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A1 Benefits of Walking – find out in these 2 links:

Ten Benefits of Walking Quiz (USA)

CONVERSION OF MILES TO KILOMETRES
 2 miles = 3.2 km
 5 miles = 8 km
 7 miles = 11.2 km
11 miles = 17.7 km

Australian Advice on Walking

A2  Walking 1 km is worth $2.77 to the community

Source : Australian Transport Assessment and Planning 2013 active travel assessment of benefits

A3  Riding a bike 1 km is worth $1.40 to the community

Source : Australian Transport Assessment and Planning 2013 active travel assessment of benefits

A4  Here is the probability of a robust adult dying if they are hit by a car, at different speeds:

Graph of impact speed (x axis) vs chance of death (y axis), shown as green line. Line is flat and <10% up to 30 km/h then rises steeply to about 85% at 50km/h. On the left inside the graph is a black silhouette of a person walking. There is a red circle around where the curve rises steeply from 30-40 km/h. Red text says "This where it starts to get really ugly is" and is joined to the red circle by a red arrow. On the right the background is dark, with a while outline of a person lying down dead under the green curve and to the right of a white line at 50km/h. Image is courtesy of Love 30 Canada.

Further reading: Streets for life – Love 30