Fact

The average person loses 13 pounds their first year of commuting by bike.

A four-mile bicycle trip keeps about 15 pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe.

Just 3 hours of bicycling per week can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke by 50%.

In 2003, cars idling in traffic wasted 5 billion gallons of fuel.

The U.S. could save 462 million gallons of gasoline a year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of all trips.

Between 1960 and today, the average weight of a 6-11-year-old has increased 11 pounds.

A 130-pound cyclist burns 402 calories while pedaling 14 miles in an hour.

Urban travelers can now expect to encounter congested roadways during 7 hours of the day.

Each U.S. rush-hour auto commuter spends an average of 50 hours a year stuck in traffic.

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%.

Congestion is becoming more widespread, experienced by nearly 60% of urban roadways in 2000.