If 10% of the nation’s car commuters switched to bicycles our annual fuel bill for imported oil would drop by more than $1 billion.

 

Bicycling to work would save the average car commuter 400 gallons of gasoline a year. Using a bike just to get to the bus or rail station would save 150 gallons.

 

Building a downtown parking structure can cost $30,000 per car space; a bike locker costs $200. Put another way, eighteen bicycles can park in the space used by one car.

 

In traffic, thirty bicycles can move through the highway area devoured by one car. They emit no pollutants, use no fuel, cause no traffic jams.

The preceding four facts can be found at:

http://www.chattbike.com/bikechat/didyouknow.htm

 

 

Did you know that if you drove an SUV and lived 5 miles from work, you would save $346.32 a year by biking to work one day a week?

The preceding fact can be found at:

http://www.bayareabikes.org/btwd/index.php