Did you know---
•The average person loses 13 pounds their first year of commuting by bicycle.
•3 hours of cycling per week can reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke by 50%.
•In 1964, 50% of kids rode to school and the obesity rate was 12%. In 2004, 3% rode to school and the obesity rate was 45%.
•The United States could save 462 million gallons of gasoline per year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of all trips.
•Each auto-commuter in the U.S. spends an average of 50 hours a year stuck in traffic.
•In 2003, cars stalled in traffic wasted 5 billion gallons of fuel.
Taken from http://bicycleforaday.com/
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