Alot of media coverage has been paid to London recently and rightly so. What has been announced sounds massive, but it is only when you break down the figures is it that the gloss comes off. Looking closely it dawns that "HAY" Brissy is spending more on cycling then London is per person.
So lets start with London
1 BILLION Pounds or roughly 1.5 Billion Australian Dollars But
this is a ten year program so per year that brings it down to $150 million all great until you factor in population!
Current Population (according to Google/wikipeda) is 8.1 million. Once you Factor that in it means per person, London is spending roughly $18.
Now to Brisbane
$120 Million But
This time it is only a 4 year Program so per year that brings it down to $30 million but Brisbane has a far smaller population
Current Population is a touch over 1 million so that means Per Person Brisbane is spending roughly $30.
I have to say this gives a little warm feeling when I worked that out. I know that London's density it far higher then Brisbane but the key factor is funding per person. While it may not seam like it alot of the time, it seams the elected officials of Brisbane are more committed to cycling then London's elected officials. Astounding, considering more people use Public Transport in London then in Brisbane. Strange very strange
N.B. Brisbane Cities Population is the correct figure here as each council controls it's own budget and they do not cross over funding. Brisbane City is controlled by the Brisbane City Council
