Monday, October 4, 2010

Why Building a Bike-Safe City Is Key to a Clean Energy Future

by Sarah Laskow

Congress couldn’t get it together to vote even on the smallest of possible energy bills—the renewable energy standard—before the October recess. That doesn’t change the reality that our energy dependent society needs to find alternatives quickly. Changing up our approach to transportation, one of the biggest sources of energy consumption, is a good place to start.
If more Americans used bicycles as a primary mode of transportation, the country would be closer to getting its energy use under control. So how can we make biking safer, easier, more mainstream? Infrastructure, safety, and education are key. It also helps to replicate model behaviors... (cont)

Read full article (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/04-3)

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