and taxes. Given the latest U.S. median annual household income of $52,029 reported by the Census Bureau in 2008, the cost of car ownership exceeds 15 or 20 percent of the typical household’s income. A quality bicycle, which can be purchased for the price of about one car payment, will never need fueling, is inexpensive to repair and has an oper- ating carbon footprint that’s next to nil. Bicycle commuting is surprisingly
time-effi cient, too. Federal Highway Ad- ministration statistics show that nearly half of all trips in this country are three miles or less. More than a quarter of all trips are less than a mile. A three-mile trip by bicycle takes about 20 min- utes; in a busy city, traveling the same distance by car can take longer. Add in getting a car out of a parking space, into traffi c, through lights and conges- tion and parked again, and for many urban and neighborhood trips, bicycles are simply faster from point to point. Making a good thing even bet-
ter, bicycle commuting saves time that would otherwise be spent at a gas sta- tion, car wash, automobile mechanic, department of motor vehicles and even traffi c court. Plus, without the large cost of operating a car, it’s just possible that bicyclists might even save the necessity of time spent at a second job. As yet another bonus, there’s next to no time spent sitting in traffi c.
Paul Dorn, a writer and activist in Sacramento, California, is co-author (with Roni Sarig) of The Bike to Work Guide: Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit. He is a former editor of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition newsletter, former ex- ecutive director of the California Bicycle Coalition, and a League of American Bicyclists certifi ed instructor.
Readers interested in joining a local bicycle club are encouraged to contact the following "roadie" organizations:
Pensacola Freewheelers, Larry Brown, 850-944-4163
Emerald Coast Cyclists (Niceville),
www.eccyclists.com
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