Explore Bicycling

Research supports bike-friendly communities as a healthy contributor to overall Community Vitality. Discover how communities build connected infrastructure to promote active transportation, healthy activity, and reduce carbon emissions.

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The benefits of cycling are extensive; it benefits people’s health and fitness, promotes societal and community capital, provides economic benefits to the area, enhances the transportation alternatives individuals can choose, and protects the environment. Today, advocating for and building cycling infrastructure is more important than ever.