CicLAvia  www.ciclavia.org/    this is an event held several time in Los angeles  and in other cities  around the world  where street are closed to car traffic and open to bicycles and pedestrians only.   the link above is to the los angeles  version.   One of the pluses of these vents is the major increase in sales along the route.   i Am not sure the organizers have successfully  tracked the positive impact  but if they have  that information it will help

--- On Fri, 4/20/12, MaryLauran Hall <marylauran@gmail.com> wrote:

From: MaryLauran Hall <marylauran@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Information needed
To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012, 9:27 AM

I can speak to US data, but not global. Two resources:
1. America Bikes has info on state-by-state business impact of bike retail stores in the US: http://www.americabikes.org/state_data_index
2. A UMass study measured the economic impact of publicly funded pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure in the US: http://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/64a34bab6a183a2fc06fdc212875a3ad/publication/467/

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jonathan Morrison <jonathan@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
I would suggest contacting the NBDA for a crude number, perhaps US customs too.  However most states don't even know their economic impact, let alone a worldwide total of all those unknowns.


On Friday, April 20, 2012, James R. Weber wrote:
Neil,
Are you looking for a broad sweep or specifically bikes components
government taxes import export duty etc???
James Weber
Olympia Wa
360-894-0908 this has voice spam so say Clyde
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