Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Ride to work if you can!

www.bikecommutemonth.com

Not just in May!

Bicycle commuters this month have bicycled 308,875 miles and eliminated 290,709 pounds of air pollution (ROG, CO, Nox, CO2, PM10) from our air this May!

When 800.000 miles are traveled by bicycle rather than car or light truck, 752,948 pounds of air pollution (ROG, CO, Nox, CO2, PM10) are reduced in the Sacramento air basin, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.

The District calculates that 741,670 lbs of CO2 are avoided when 800,000 miles are traveled by bicycle instead of by car.


627,593
476,164

Current Total: 822,975 miles

Total registered cyclists:
4,599