Catherine Read

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As anyone who has taken advantage of a good biking city will tell you, cycling has got to be the most efficient, healthful, empowering, and sustainable form of transportation there is. Using the same amount of energy as walking, a bicycle will take you three times farther.3 Bicycle commuters enjoy about double the amount of daily physical activity of drivers.4 Bikes are cheap, and the fuel is free. And it’s fun. As one happy biker put it, “It’s like being able to golf to work.”5
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
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