So I just filled up my truck to the tune of $100 the other day! Ouch, that hurt. For many of us myself included many of our trips by car could be replaced by a bike. For many Americans 40% of our trips in cars are two miles or less. Two miles on a bike are easy and fun. For people in the Odenton/Piney Orchard area the basic needs are easy to access by bike in the area. The neighborhood is fortunate to have a bike trail, shopping center, hardware store and a train station. Even the schools are close by. It is an ideal area to live and utilize the bike. How many of you load your kids up to school in your car each morning? It would be a healthier and more fun to ride your bike to school with your children wouldn’t it? Plus it would show your children what a great transportation tool the bicycle truely is.
Check out some of the facts below:
How many of your car trips could be replaced with fun and a bicycle?
Bicycle commuting beats sitting in traffic.
- Each U.S. rush-hour auto commuter spends an average of 50 hours a year stuck in traffic.
- 50% of the working population commutes less then 5 miles to work
- 25% of all trips are within one mile of the home
- 40% of all trips are within two miles of the home
Biking can help you live longer.
- Just three hours of bicycling per week can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke by 50%. League of American Bicyclists
It’s time to get kids riding. In just one generation:
- The percentage of U.S. kids who walk or bike to school has dropped by 70%.
- Childhood obesity has tripled.
More cycling means less dependence on foreign oil.
- 10% of global oil production goes toward fueling America’s cars and trucks. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- The U.S. could save 462 millions of gallons of gasoline a year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of all trips.
This is a great cartoon check it out:
