- In a year, a typical North American car will add
close to 5 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
- The average number of barrels of oil consumed daily
in the US is 17 million
- Driving consumes 43% of those barrels of oil
- Over the last 20 years the average length of a
commute has increased 40%, miles driven has increased over 50% and time
spent in traffic has increased 225%
- According to the Federal Department of Energy more
than 50% of the working population in the US lives within 5 miles of
the place they work
- Although more than 60% of all trips are 5 miles or
less fewer than 1% are actually made by bicycle
- One fourth of all trips people make are one mile or
less, yet three fourths of these short trips are made by car
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| Cycling can help the environment |
- A four mile round trip by bicycle prevents the
production of 15 lbs of air pollution
- A seven mile commute by bicycle instead of car each
day saves almost 9 pounds of hydrocarbons, more than 66 pounds of
carbon monoxide, 4.4 pounds of oxides of nitrogen and 1319 pounds of
carbon dioxide emissions annually
- If just one out of every 10 commuters who now drive
to work switched to bicycling, the savings would amount to 2 billion
gallons per year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25.4 million
tons
- 8 bicycles can be parked in the space required for
just one car
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Not biking related but highly recommended.
