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Bicycling & Walking Tips
Getting Around on Bike or Foot
Bicycling and walking are not just recreational activities; these low-tech transportation options can not only help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also traffic congestion and our demand for oil. Additional benefits of using these options include making neighborhoods safer and more friendly as well as reducing other environmental impacts of motorized transportation, such as solid and hazardous waste production, water pollution, greenhouse gases, noise, and the destruction of open space, wetlands, and other habitats.
The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program of the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Human and Natural Environment promotes bicycle and pedestrian transportation use, safety, and accessibility.
Learn more at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bicycling and walking are not just recreational activities; these low-tech transportation options can not only help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also traffic congestion and our demand for oil. Additional benefits of using these options include making neighborhoods safer and more friendly as well as reducing other environmental impacts of motorized transportation, such as solid and hazardous waste production, water pollution, greenhouse gases, noise, and the destruction of open space, wetlands, and other habitats.
The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program of the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Human and Natural Environment promotes bicycle and pedestrian transportation use, safety, and accessibility.
Learn more at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Benefits of Cycling
Bicycles are gaining popularity because they provide exercise and efficiency. In the United States, obesity-related deaths currently total 300,000 a year. Not only does cycling reduce traffic congestion and pollution, but it's the healthiest way to travel -- for both you and the environment.
In many cities in the United States, bikes provide mobility that cars cannot match. More than four fifths of all urban police departments now have some of their force on bicycles. Officers on bikes can usually reach the scene of a crime before those in squad cars, typically making 50% more arrests per day.
Learn more at Earth Policy Institute and It All Adds Up
Bicycles are gaining popularity because they provide exercise and efficiency. In the United States, obesity-related deaths currently total 300,000 a year. Not only does cycling reduce traffic congestion and pollution, but it's the healthiest way to travel -- for both you and the environment.
In many cities in the United States, bikes provide mobility that cars cannot match. More than four fifths of all urban police departments now have some of their force on bicycles. Officers on bikes can usually reach the scene of a crime before those in squad cars, typically making 50% more arrests per day.
Learn more at Earth Policy Institute and It All Adds Up
Commuter Cycling Resources
Your local bike shop is an excellent resource for information on bicycle commuting, the latest bike gadgets and safety tools, and it can even help you fix up that old three-speeder for trips around town.
For more information visit the League of American Bicyclists, or the National Center for Bicycling and Walking, or the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
Learn more at Alliance For Climate Protection’s We Can Solve It
Your local bike shop is an excellent resource for information on bicycle commuting, the latest bike gadgets and safety tools, and it can even help you fix up that old three-speeder for trips around town.
For more information visit the League of American Bicyclists, or the National Center for Bicycling and Walking, or the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
Learn more at Alliance For Climate Protection’s We Can Solve It
