Every little bit counts and small changes can amount to big differences. For example, if 10% of the United States population replaced one car trip per day with a bike ride, carbon emissions due to transportation would decrease by 10% and each individual's personal transportation-related carbon emissions would decrease by 67%. So cycling can improve not just an individual's physical and mental health but also the health of the planet. This May, we can observe National Bike Month and benefit ourselves as well as the environment by cycling more.
How Cycling Can Benefit the Earth
One of the main ways riding a bicycle or an e-bike can help the environment is by reducing carbon emissions. This form of transportation does not use gas, so no harmful emissions are released into the atmosphere. There is no pollution, no carbon dioxide that will contribute to climate change.
Other harmful chemicals will also be decreased. Cars release other pollutants aside from gas. They use antifreeze, motor oils and other substances that are harmful for the environment. By biking, there will be less usage of these pollutants, decreasing the amount that will get into the environment.
More bikes decreases traffic. Bikes take up less space than cars, one person going to the market on their bike will take up less space than someone using a car for the same task. This also means roads won't have to be so enormous, decreasing water run-off, ground and water pollution, and alterations to the landscape. Bike paths and lanes are also more sustainable and have less environmental impact.
In terms of noise pollution, bikes are also superior. Busy streets are loud but if these are replaced with bike lanes, neighborhoods will have more peace and quiet.
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