[sweettea]

Indeed, if we assume cyclists use the tunnel 100 days a year going both ways through it, thats saving each one nearly 60+ hours a year. If each one's time is worth $20, that is over a thousand dollars per cyclist per year - it only takes 9k cyclists to make the savings outweigh the costs in five years.

[elygre]

And assuming that this will increase the number of people who choose to bike instead of to drive, you can also add savings for all the remaining drivers who get a slightly easier commute.

[cjrp]

And a healthier society (on the whole) as people are encouraged to cycle. Less diabetes, etc.

[ndsipa_pomu]

And a happier society as it's far more fun to cycle than to drive in traffic

[thecopy]

And net reduced road maintenance and external costs coming for reduced car usage

[aziaziazi]

Why only 100d/y while Norwegian works around 190d/y? In my experience people tends to have a “main” commute mode that they only turn away from in exceptional cases. Easier to live with habits that mixing your timetables every other day.

[MagnumOpus]

People might use cars or public transport instead of a bike to commute if there is heavy rain or snow. This is an important consideration in Bergen which is notoriously the rainiest city in Europe (it rains more than half the time).

[snovv_crash]

Luckily it doesn't rain (or snow) inside of tunnels.

[DeathArrow]

So there are places in Europe where it rains more than in UK?

[wartijn_]

Yes. Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Albania.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_a...

[arethuza]

That's averages over the whole countries though - the north and west of the UK (particularly the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District) are a lot wetter than the south-east where London is.

Also, "volume of rain" might be misleading because it doesn't give you a feeling for how often it rains. The Highlands in particular can have a light rain that falls for weeks at a time (or at least seems like it if you are in a tent).

[smugma]

Most of the Bay Area gets about the same amount of rain as London. The key difference is that in Cupertino/Los Gators/Palo Alto it rains less often but with more intensity.

[lebski88]

Bergen is one such place funnily enough.

[ornitorrincos]

yes: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/average-annu...

[ubercore]

Welcome to western Norway. Bring a raincoat!

[tyfon]

Not just a raincoat, I've had snow, sunny summer, storm gusts, hail and rain on the same day just this week, I'm int he SW though not entirely west.

I remember one time a few years back when I lived in Stavanger, I went to the post office in the city center there in a bright nice summer day and came out to torrential rain and rivers in the street!

[ubercore]

I'm in Stavanger as well. The weather is pretty interesting here.

[goodpoint]

Plus the health benefits of cycling and the ones of not being involved in driving accidents.

Plus the saving in car TCO and fuel, plus less road maintenance.