Let’s try to save the planet

By MicroEmpowering.org

Riding a bike can help us save water?

A gallon of gasoline

takes nearly 13

gallons of water to

produce. Biking

daily can save

gallons of water!

Riding a bike can help save energy?

The United States accounts for 30% of the world's automobiles and require 8.2 million barrels of oil a day to operate them. That's 11% of the world's daily oil consumption. All that fuel we burn fills the air with 1,300 million tons of CO2 each year.

Ride a bike and save energy and fuel consumption!

Riding a bike can help save the environment?

If 5% of New Yorkers

commuting by private

car or taxi switched to

biking to work, they

could save 150 million

pounds of CO2

emissions per year.

That is equivalent to

the amount reduced by

planting a forest 1.3

times the size of

Manhattan!

Riding a bike can directly benefit you ?

• Bike commuters report

lower stress and

greater feelings of

freedom, relaxation,

and excitement than

car commuters.

• 30-60 minutes of daily

physical activity such

as biking to work is

associated with low

blood pressure in

women and low

hypertension in both

genders.

Riding a bike can help you lose weight?

If you cycle 6 miles

to and from work

instead of driving,

taking about 30

minutes each way,

you could burn 15 to

20 lb. of fat each

year.

Let’s make a difference!

Look out for bike

sharing coming

to New York City

this summer!

Citi Bike will

consist of 600

stations, 10,000

bikes in

Manhattan and

Brooklyn!