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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!
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