[Macomb-Cycling] Thursday 8/21 Ride
Kent&Mardell
Kent-Harris at wiu.edu
Wed Aug 20 17:16:56 CDT 2008
For this Thursday only we're leaving at 8:30 for a breakfast ride
instead of the usual 10 AM lunch ride.
From USNews & World Report August 18/25, 2008 (p 63)*:
*Trips made by bicycle US 1%, Germany 10%, Denmark 18%, the
Netherlands, 27%
Among the 50 largest US cities Portland leads with 3*.*5% and KC is
last with 0*.*02%
37% of short trips(under 2.5km) are made by bicycle in the Netherlands,
and 2% in the US
1.1 cyclists are killed per 100 million km cycled in the Netherlands,
and 5.8 in the US
The sources are given in the article.
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