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34 Reasons Why


We all like to accomplish more for less thus the popularity of “Kill 2 Birds With One Stone”.

What if there was a simple action you could take to accomplish 34 things all at the same time (and save dozens of birds)? Would you jump at the chance? I hope so!

You can accomplish 34 beneficial things just by bicycling (instead of using a motor vehicle):
  1. Increase happiness - it’s fun!
  2. Reduce climate change from fossil fuel C02 AND fossil methane.
  3. Reduce road congestion.
  4. Reduce road repair.
  5. Reduce space needed for roads.
  6. Reduce space needed for parking.
  7. Reduce your taxes. 
  8. Reduce other people’s taxes.
  9. Reduce insurance costs.
  10. Reduce transportation purchase costs.
  11. Reduce transportation maintenance costs.
  12. Reduce transportation fuel costs.
  13. Reduce registration & licensing costs.
  14. Reduce obesity & waistlines.
  15. Reduce health care costs.
  16. Reduce health insurance costs.
  17. Reduce people dying from motor vehicle crashes.
  18. Reduce animals (and birds!) dying from motor vehicle crashes.
  19. Reduce property damage from motor vehicle crashes.
  20. Reduce air pollution from burning fuel.
  21. Reduce particulate pollution from brake and tire wear.
  22. Reduce noise pollution.
  23. Reduce waste & trash.
  24. Reduce resource consumption (cars take tons of resources compared to bikes).
  25. Say “Hi!” to more people -- meeting your neighbors and others.
  26. Be in touch with nature.
  27. Exercise and live longer.
  28. Improve mental health.
  29. Get free drugs - exercise endorphins are wonderful!
  30. Enjoy food more. Ride to eat, eat to ride.
  31. Increase safety.
  32. Increase equity. Everyone benefits from bicycling, from the poorest to the richest regardless of race, religion, or creed.
  33. Save our world.
  34. Get you where you need to go.
Bicycling is the safest and most efficient form of transportation known to man. By bicycling instead of driving a car for a lifetime, a typical American can save about $1,000,000 (in 2020 dollars).

So what do you say? Are you ready to bicycle?

Just hop on your bike and do it! Need to carry stuff? Pop it on your bike or get a bike trailer.



I can carry about twice as much stuff with my bike than I can in a Subaru Forester.


For examples of how others carry a lot with their bikes, check out what some customers of Bikes At Work haul around.

Also support your local bicycle coalition (like Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition), your state bicycle coalition (like Calbike), and national organizations (like League of American Bicyclists) that make bicycling safer for everyone everywhere all the time in any weather. Donating to bicycling nonprofits is one of the most efficient ways to save our world -- by enabling more people to bicycle safely and accomplish these 34 wins.

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