Observe Bicycle Safety

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Bicycling Safety

• Before riding out of a driveway into the street, stop and look left, right, and left again for traffic.
• Ride on the right-hand side of the street in the same direction as the flow of automobile traffic.
• When riding with others, ride single file.
• Stop at all stop signs and look left, right, and left again for traffic.
• Walk your bike across busy roads and intersections.
• Use hand signals to show others that you are stopping or making a turn.

Try Biking

• 50% of U.S. urban space is devoted to roadways.
• Auto emissions are the top cause of air pollution.
• Motor vehicles are responsible for 55% of cancer contaminants-greater than any other source.
• 54% of Americans live less than 5 miles from their jobs, a distance easily traveled by bicycle.
• 20% of our (Americans) disposable income is spent on transportation.
• Drivers work one day/week just to pay for driving expenses (car, insurance, gas, parking, etc.).
• A ten-mile commute by bicycle requires 350 calories of energy. The same trip in an average American car requires 18,600 calories of energy (about half a gallon of gasoline): 9,200 calories by bus, 8,850 by rail, and 1,000 by foot.
• Motorists could save an average of 150 gallons of gasoline each year if they rode to public transit facilities instead of driving.
• 12 bicycles can be parked in the space of one car.
• Number of lanes a bridge or city street must have to accommodate 40,000 autos per hour: 12
• Number of lanes necessary to accommodate 40,000 bicycles per hour: 1