I wouldn’t say that I’ve done a ton of research on this question but here are a couple of studies I’ve seen on this:
This report studied projects in Bogotá and Guangzhou and found that spending $1MM would save 2.27 or 1.38 lives per year (respectively). If you assume the infrastructure lasts 30 years that gives you $14,662 or $24,154 per life saved (respectively).
This study looked at bike lanes in NYC and basically found that the error bars are too wide to conclude anything; but their midpoint was $1297/QALY so perhaps somewhere around $50,000 per life saved.
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I wouldn’t say that I’ve done a ton of research on this question but here are a couple of studies I’ve seen on this:
This report studied projects in Bogotá and Guangzhou and found that spending $1MM would save 2.27 or 1.38 lives per year (respectively). If you assume the infrastructure lasts 30 years that gives you $14,662 or $24,154 per life saved (respectively).
This study looked at bike lanes in NYC and basically found that the error bars are too wide to conclude anything; but their midpoint was $1297/QALY so perhaps somewhere around $50,000 per life saved.