Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture 1: 1070 notes
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Active transportation: one us study found that men who walk or cycle to work were half as likely to be obese, another us study found that every additional km walked per day is associated with a. 4. 8% reduction in obesity and every additional hour spent in a car each day is associated with a 6% increase in the likelihood of obesity. Copenhagen: 390km of biking lanes, want to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025, 50% of all copenhageners work or study by bike. In total, copenhageners bike 1. 2 million km a year which equals 2 trips to the moon and back. They only travel 660,000 km by metro: 63% of all members of the danish parliament commute daily by bike. Various points: skunklock u shaped steel bike lock with pressurized, stinking gas inside. Increasing number of cyclists on the street can save lives.