Non-Motorized Transport - Is it Worth it?

Yes, it does in many ways and one group lists 28 reasons to bike.

1. Increase in local property values
2. Correlation with Overall Wealth
3. Less Public Money Is Needed To Create a High Quality Transportation System
4. High-Tech Business Is Attracted by a Perceived Better Quality of Life
5. Improved Personal Finances
6. Better Physical Health
7. Better Mental and Emotional Health
8. Fewer Overweight and Obese Citizens
9. More Free Time
10. More Beauty
11. Greater Mobility
12. Inclusion of Senior Citizens
13. More Equitable Living for Low Income Earners
14. Increased Sense of Community
15. Individual Opportunities for Safer Travel
16. Less Congested Roads
17. Safer, Quieter Neighborhoods
18. More Resources for Public Use
19. Enhanced and More Credible Metropolitan Image
20. Better Air Quality
21. Visually More Appealing Metropolitan Area
22. Cleaner Surface and Ground Water
23. Quieter City
24. Slowed Pace of Global Warming
25. More Sustainable Lifestyle
26. Recognition for Leadership in Sound Environmental Policy
27. Readiness for Other Environmental Initiatives
28. Enhanced Quality of Life for Women

Also see

• Velo Mondial
• Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA)
  
• Bicycling as a Legitimate & Viable Form
• Bikepaths pay for themselves
• Cyclists Inciting Change thru LIVE exchange (CICLE)
  
• Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) at gTKP
• Role of NMT from Cities on the Move
• Transport Knowledge on Google - www.knoogle.net