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Bicycle commuting

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263: 109: 1164: 201: 147:. Bicycle commuting offers potential health, economic, and quality of life benefits — potentially offsetting some of the risks and inconveniences inherent in cycling. When compared to driving, cycling's inconveniences include limitations to travel distance, security risks, increased travel time, safety risks, impact to personal hygiene, exposure to inclement weather, and load carrying limitations. 31: 443:
Also in the new census data: 78 percent of Seattle bike commuters are male. Men make up the majority of cyclists in every major city, but Seattle has the most lopsided gender balance among the top 10 cities. The one coming closest to gender parity, with women making up nearly 40 percent of its bike
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for increased visibility, mudguards or fenders to minimize the impact of inclement weather, a chain guard to protect clothing, and an upright sitting position for increased visibility. 2008 saw the rise of bikes in the U.S with similar features, so-called
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which are geared directly at riders looking to use bicycles for daily work and study travel. In geographic areas where winter weather creates the likelihood of snow or ice on a bike commuter's route, studded
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collects information from respondents about Means of Transportation to Work. Bicycle has been an option since the 1980 Census. The Census does not collect information about transportation means to school.
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became law as part of the bailout bill. According to census data, men are the primary beneficiaries, since, a decade later, men overwhelmingly made up the majority of bicycle commuters.
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Schantz P, Salier Eriksson, J, Rosdahl, H. 2020. Perspectives on exercise intensity, volume and energy expenditure in habitual cycle commuting. Front. Sports Act. Living 2:65
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which is quickly surpassing the sales of conventional bicycles will effectively increase bicycle commuting in hilly areas and allow for longer journeys.
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are another feature that can improve the cyclist's safety while commuting, by increasing the tires' traction on slippery road surfaces.
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especially lends itself to areas with relatively flat terrain and arrangements to keep riders relatively safe from the hazards of
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collects information in a national census held every five years that includes data about how Canadians travel to work in
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to travel from home to a place of work or study — in contrast to the use of a bicycle for
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A woman riding a bike in Amsterdam, where commuting at least partially by bike is the norm.
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A woman carrying plants while commuting by bike on the Minhocão, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Bicycles are used for commuting worldwide. In some places, like the Netherlands,
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is the norm, and cycle commuting occurs only in isolated pockets, as in the
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commuting where participants cycle together on a set route following a set
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Bicycle features that enhance commuting include racks or
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to work is very common. Elsewhere, commuting by car or
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Commuter bicycle

Ringstraße
Vienna
Austria
bicycle
sport
touring
Commuting
accidents
motorized traffic
bicycle lanes
traffic participants
electric bicycle
bike bus
bicycle
timetable

cycling
public transport
United States
Mixed-mode commuting
public transportation
transportation
physical exercise
panniers
lights
bicycle tires
Bicycle Commuter Benefit Act
United States Census

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