Cars are involved in 250,000 deaths and..
..10,000,000 injuries a year
Bicycles exceed ownership of autos worldwide 2:1
approximately 800,000,000 to 400,000,000
Bike production beats car production 3:1
The bicycle is the most efficient mode of ground transportation ever:
To travel one mile:
...Driving burns 1,860 calories
...Walking burns 100 calories
...Bicycling burns 35 calories
Percentage of calories burned by a car that is absorbed by engine
and road friction: 80
Percentage of calories burned by a car that actually move the car: 20
Percentage of calories burned by a car that actually move the driver: 2.5
Number of bicycles that fit in one car parking space: 14
Number of bicycles that fit into one car road space: 8
Average bicycle speed on urban streets: 10-15 mph
Average bus speed for urban mass transit: 13 mph
Average car speed in downtown urban areas: 20 mph
In a major city area, you would move 8 times the number of
people on an urban road with bicycles than with cars, and they
would arrive at their destination at about the same time as if
they were driving
1 mile of highway consumes 25 acres of land
It costs $ 10,000 to construct a mile of urban railway
It costs $100,000 to construct a mile of urban highway
40-50% of US land is devoted to roads and parking for autos,
accounting for nearly 600,000 square miles of earth, now under
asphalt
Autos use approximately half of all the oil consumed in the US
US oil reserves are expected to run out by the year 2020
20% of the world's citizens have the means to buy a car,
85% of the world's citizens have the means to buy a bicycle
American motorists spends 1 Billion hours/year stuck in traffic,
wasting 2 Billion gallons of gasoline,
(costing 10-30 Billion US Dollars)
Motorists make about 1,000 round trips under 5 miles a year
The most dangerous time to ride a bike in the city is between
3:00 and 6:00 pm
5 miles is an easy ride on a bicycle, even with baskets and
bags attached
40% of cyclists are commuters
Motor transportation is the single largest contributor to air
pollution in the US, accounting for:
49% of total hydro-carbon emissions
85% of carbon-monoxide emissions
47% of nitrogen oxide emissions and
9% of particulate emissions (rust, rubber, and dust)
In cities motor vehicles are the primary source of air pollution,
emitting carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide particulates including lead,
asbestos from brake linings, and tire particles and hydrocarbons
