57.50% - Road damage scales with the fourth power of axle weight — doubling a vehicle's weight multiplies road damage by sixteen, which is why heavy trucks are so destructive.
42.50% - Axle weight raised to the fourth power determines road damage — bikes are functionally weightless in that calculation.
A single Hummer trip causes road damage equivalent to over 360,000 bike trips.
50.00% - Bikes contribute nothing measurable to road wear — taxing cyclists for road upkeep is a non-starter.
25.00% - Road damage scales with the fourth power of axle weight — doubling a vehicle's weight multiplies road damage by sixteen, which is why heavy trucks are so destructive.
25.00% - Axle weight raised to the fourth power determines road damage — bikes are functionally weightless in that calculation.
50.00% - A single Hummer trip causes road damage equivalent to over 360,000 bike trips.
50.00% - One trip by a heavy SUV causes road damage equivalent to hundreds of thousands of bike trips.
0.00% - It would take 364,520 bike trips to equal the damage caused by just one Hummer.
50.00% - Trail