WASHINGTON - What single silver bullet can simultaneously reduce air pollution and oil dependency, roll back urban congestion, and fight obesity?
It’s not a pill, nor a complicated formula concocted by the World Bank. People around the world are turning to bicycles by the millions, as governments rush to create incentives for the low-tech transport alternative to gas-glugging, smog-making, traffic jam-producing automobiles.
in the face of rising urban pollution and congestion, Chinese authorities are insisting that bike lanes be re-established
New Delhi, India, for example, calls for fully segregated bicycle lanes on all main roads
In Amsterdam more than 55 percent of those who travel five miles or less to work already ride bikes
Paris now has some 20,000 bikes available for rental by credit card
the installation of bicycle facilities
is proceeding at a record pace” in the United States.
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