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From the blog of TREK writer Zap Espinoza:
THESE ARE THE FACTS:
* More than half of all Americans live less than five miles from where they work.
* Traffic jams in the 29 major U.S. cities cost commuters an estimated $24.3 billion each year.
* The average number of barrels of oil consumed daily in the U.S. is 17 million. Driving consumes 43% of those barrels.
* Behind tobacco, the leading cause of death among adults is inactivity ...
Need we say more? Here's a collection of articles by Friday folk who've made the switch from four fat tires to two - and opted to be the motor!
Paul and Monica Adkins and four kids do it on Fridays
Oyster buckets are good for carrying stuff Fred Waltman's neat setup
The Cycling Arborist - David Muffly, the pedaling pruner
Not a leaf blower or moped in sight - Ann Kobsa found an auto-free live in a corner of HI where a Friday to get to and from town is all the transport you need
Car-free and care-free in upscale America - this couple did it in Santa Barbara on a Two'sDay
The car-free activist - Bike Friday owner Kathryn Roberts took on the big boys
Divorce your trunk - Shopping, dry cleaning, moving house, Lego hunting ...
Take a vacation at home - or not too far from it, and save the fossil fuel
Monday to Sunday on a Friday - car-free commuting for work and play