Why Bicycles Are Better! [View All]

-The average American spends 4 of his/her waking hours in his/her car or working to pay for it.

-If 1/4 people commuted 5 miles a week on a bike, the air would be spared 6 million tons of CO2

-50% of all car trips are 5 miles or less

-Cars cause acid rain by emitting 34% of the nitrogen oxide in the U.S.

-Ground level air pollution from cars is estimated to cause 30,000 deaths each year

-Bicycles can move roughly 10 times as many people per hour as cars in the same road space

-Commuter races between cars, bicycles and other travelers in cities like Boston and Washington DC show that bicycling is faster up to 5 miles

-When you add the time you spend earning the money you pay for a car and the time you spend in it your average speed is lower than the speed of riding a bike