Ride Your Bike to Work

I started riding my bike today before/to work and thought it would be a good idea to share some of the benfits of cycling to work. With gas prices being over $4.00 a gallon every mile biked is money saved.

According to the 2007 edition of the AAA's "Your Driving Costs," you could drive a small sedan 15,000 miles a year for 41 cents per mile. The cost can reach 66 cents per mile if you put 15,000 miles on a four-wheel-drive. That's an annual cost of $9,997—a difference of $3,750 between those two options. Those numbers mean you could save $1500 a year on a 10 mile commute if you biked it. Anyone care to take a guess on 2008 numbers?

And not to mention, you will get in better shape. A little exercise never hurts and no 12oz curls do NOT count :).

Benefits to Your Employer

• improved employee health and well being
• reduced need for parking
• reduced stress in the work place

Benefits to employees

• an opportunity to get in shape while commuting
• reduced commute cost
• improves their overall attitude and morale

Benefits to the community

• improve air quality reduced
• fuel consumption and highway congestion