Chicago
Budapest!
The quick facts for today are the following:
- A four-mile round trip by bicycle prevents the production of 15 lbs of air pollution.
- A seven mile daily commute by bicycle instead of by car saves almost 9 pounds of hydrocarbons, more than 66 pounds of carbon monoxide, 4.4 pounds of oxides of nitrogen and 1319 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
- If just one out of every 10 commuters who now drive to work switched to bicycling, the savings would amount to 2 billion gallons of gasoline per year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25.4 million tons.
- 8 bicycles can be parked in the space required for just one car.
