Bike Fatalities and Injuries Drop as More People Begin Riding
As more people ride bikes fewer of them are getting killed while commuting. Conventional logic would point us in the opposite direction, but it’s been found in New York that drivers are more on the lookout for bikers as more cycle commuters take to the streets. Awareness has been raised; safety in numbers, that sort of thing. People are using this graph to push a bike-sharing model that would put casualties even lower. While there’s no info out specific to Minneapolis, there’s no reason to believe the trend wouldn’t be the same. Hopefully we see something out of the bike share Federal grant give to Minneapolis sooner than later.
via Treehugger
