Resource: The benefits of cycling

Have you considered cycling to work? Or for health or recreation? Check out this fact sheet from the Australian Bicycle council for data and information on the benefits of cycling to your health, wallet, the evironment, and communities.

http://www.austroads.com.au/abc/index.php?type=sep&id=33

Did you know?

Over 40 per cent of trips in the Melbourne metropolitan area are less than 2 km long, and almost two-thirds are less than 5 km long. Yet most people are using their cars for these short trips, contributing greatly to congestion and pollution.

A trip of 5 kilometres or less is easily rideabl. Its quite a walkable distance too!