Cities And Cycling
6 October 2002 - 5:00am
How bicycling makes for better cities.
"One quarter of all daily trips in America cover less than a mile. On a bicycle, such a trip takes no more than five to eight minutes. In metropolitan areas throughout Western Europe, anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of all trips are made by riding a bicycle. ...Widespread use of bicycles means Dutch cities and towns are not checkerboarded with surface parking lots. It means they are quiet. It means the streets are alive with people, integrating the old and young to a degree seldom seen in this country. Back here in Pennsylvania, it's not so easy to get around."
Source:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2002
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