Global Sports: American City Bike Usage Can Stand To Become Elevated

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

American City Bike Usage Can Stand To Become Elevated

By Rob Sutter


If you want my opinion on city bike usage, I think that it's great for it to expand. After all, there aren't many forms of exercise which people can utilize on a casual scale but this is one that fits the bill. Not only do people stand the chance of moving from place to place easily but they are easily able to attain fitness in ways that they probably wouldn't be able to, especially considering time constraints. What I didn't know, though, was that such usage was nearly nonexistent in the United States and America in general.

An article on WNYC talked about the top twenty cities which engaged in city bike usage the most. The results were tremendous for a number of reasons, one of them being just how many places engaged in cycling. The list in question scored 150 cities in total, so you would imagine that more places would be apt to having stronger cycling communities. However, as biking authorities like Linus Bike will be able to tell you, the United States did not stand much of a chance of cracking the top 20.

I'm sure that most people can imagine that the United States can do more as far as bicycling methods are concerned. In fact, areas in American only ranked once, with Montreal earning a spot at 14 out of 20. Regardless, there are reasons why cycling is stronger in some areas as opposed to others. If you're someone who is curious about what brings these actions to levels which are greater, you may just find an eye-opening experience that will tell you the fact that deserve to be known.

One of the factors that come into play is climate, which changes from place to place, as you know. What about the infrastructure as well? Perhaps there is that group of people that wants to go about this measure in a more dedicated way but cannot find themselves doing so for the lack of safety that's present. The one thing that can be said about the construction of bicycling pathways is that they are exclusive and, by association, safer to utilize on the whole.

Seeing as how Amsterdam was ranked number one on the list, wouldn't you think that it'd be ideal for those who love to engage in city bike usage? However, I still believe that other areas of the world - the United States in particular - can bolster their efforts to become more cyclist friendly. I believe that the best way to do this is through the construction of pathways made for them. Of course, these steps have to be taken slowly until the final results show themselves.




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