Thursday, June 27, 2013

Does City Bike Usage Need To Grow In America?

By Rob Sutter


City bike usage is something that I am a great advocate of because I feel like it has a great chance of becoming great in terms of scope. This is, in my eyes, the best kind of exercise method because it's something that anyone can get into. Just about everyone over a certain age is able to ride a bike well but it helps that people can get around from place to place, whether it's work, home, or what have you. As much as I suppose this action, I didn't know that it was seen so little in America next to other areas of the world.

According to an article posted on WNYC, there was a list of cities which were most engaged in city bike usage. I think that the results were telling and there were a number of reasons as to why this was. You have to consider that the list originally had 150 cities, so any doubts about the popularity of cycling from place to place should be cast aside indefinitely. However, as companies such as Linus Bike will be able to tell you, the United States did not place himself on the top 20 list at all.

I'm sure that most people can imagine that the United States can do more as far as bicycling methods are concerned. In fact, areas in American only ranked once, with Montreal earning a spot at 14 out of 20. Regardless, there are reasons why cycling is stronger in some areas as opposed to others. If you're someone who is curious about what brings these actions to levels which are greater, you may just find an eye-opening experience that will tell you the fact that deserve to be known.

One of the factors that come into play is climate, which changes from place to place, as you know. What about the infrastructure as well? Perhaps there is that group of people that wants to go about this measure in a more dedicated way but cannot find themselves doing so for the lack of safety that's present. The one thing that can be said about the construction of bicycling pathways is that they are exclusive and, by association, safer to utilize on the whole.

Amsterdam was ranked number one on the list, meaning that it holds city bike usage closest to the heart. What about other places in the world that can stand to be improved in this regard, though? The United States can definitely pick up and I can imagine that cyclists would come in droves if more dedicated highway were built for them to use. It may take some time to get to that point but the time, as well as effort, spent on the endeavor would be worthwhile.




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