Biking benefits:
save on gasoline and vehicle maintenance
stay healthy and fit
less traffic = less emissions = cleaner air
All MTA buses feature easy-to-use bike racks. Read more
National Facts
* 53% would like to bike more
* In the 1960′s, nearly 70% of children walked or bicycled
to school. Today, less than 10% go to school under their
own power
* 28% of trips in the US are under one mile
* 48% are less than 3 miles
* 1.7% of trips are made by foot or bicycle
* Motor vehicle emissions represent 31% of carbon dioxide,
81% of carbon monoxide, and 49% of nitrogen oxide
* 60% of pollution created by automobiles occurs in the
first few minutes of operation
* A four-mile trip by bicycle keeps about 15 pounds of
pollutants out of the air.
Local Facts
* 10% of Nashville households do not own a car
* Nashvillians drive an average of 38 miles of day, one of the
highest in the US
* The Surface Transportation Policy Project ranked Nashville as
the 10 th worst pedestrian city
* 81% of Nashvillians favor more sidewalks and bikeways
* Tennessee spends 0.7% of its federal transportation funds on pedestrian/bicycle facilities
* Pedestrians and bicyclists account for 7% of all traffic deaths
in Tennessee
* The obesity rate in Tennessee is 22.7% which is one of the
highest in the country
* Nashville has almost twice the road miles as Minneapolis ,
but half the sidewalks
* Of 338 miles of roadways surveyed in Nashville , 75% were
identified as unsuitable for bicycling
