By Shatara Lumpkin
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”Many people wonder why we ride bikes for so many miles while working instead of getting in a car and making it easier. Well, wonder no more. Riding our bikes is actually cheaper, healthier, less time consuming, and better for the environment. Not only are our youth working on trails, but their bodies as well and you could do the same. Traveling by bike is a lot less expensive because you are saving money on gas. The average person spends an estimate of about forty dollars a week to fill up their gas tanks versus a person riding a bike that may only spend seventy-five cents to put air in their tires. Baltimore City has now even arranged the MTA to fit bike riders as well. Even if you ride to your destination and are too tired to ride back, you can hop on the light rail, bus, and/or the trains and spend one dollar and sixty cent or three dollars and fifty cents at most for the entire day. As for bike riding being healthier, you’re burning calories with each pedal you take and keeping your heart rate steady. Just from experience, the Gwynns Falls Trail youth workers have learned that it is definitely less time consuming as well. We use the trails where there is less is little to no traffic at all, making our trips shorter and easier. While cars are stuck in traffic, we’re zooming right through the city nonstop. Using our bikes causes less pollution in the air. Many vehicles leak gas or have toxic fumes coming from them which pollute our air and make it bad for the people around them. If everyone would ride a bike every once in a while, our community could truly be on its way to being healthier, cleaner, and safer for its people.”
https://baltimorecommutes.com/bike/youthworks-on-the-gwynns-falls-trail/oldId.20100803120108371
Biking in Baltimore