How Cycling Can Save the World Quotes

“I delve into the mysterious and counterintuitive world of helmets and high-visibility gear later in the book. But it's worth immediately noting this: while they're not inherently bad, they're less a safety device for cycling than a symptom of a road network where no cyclist can truly feel safe.”
― Peter Walker, How Cycling Can Save the World

“people who commuted by bike had a 40 per cent lower chance of dying during the fifteen-year course of the project than those who didn’t. That’s not far short of a miracle. If these benefits could be administered in an injection, it would be considered one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of all time. The”
― Peter Walker, Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World

“At best a sort of institutionalized coping strategy, at worst a variant of Stockholm syndrome”
― Peter Walker, How Cycling Can Save the World