Affects on Economy Benefits of Bike Sharing The positive effects of bike sharing is mostly focused on environmental sustainability and the health benefits that are experienced by the users. As the main aim of this bike sharing system it is able to help in “greening” the city, ideally with more bikes it will lower the purchase rate of cars, leading to the reduction of greenhouse gases and helping out with goal warning and improvements in the air quality of high population cities. Bike sharing reduces the dependency on fossil fuels, carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants. Walking and biking does not produce any carbon emissions, when the metro, public bus and private cars produce more than 0.2 pounds of carbon emissions. Daily biking also provides private health benefits for the users to help them become more active and healthier. The increase in the use of bikes helps to reduce the expenditure on healthcare, World health Organization(WHO) has reported on the fact that inactivity, and the health issues related to it, creates a significant cost to developed countries. The addition of this physical activity can become a benefit on the economy by helping the users provide sayings on healthcare. Even for a short time of the day, when people get some active input it can help lead to a healthier …show more content…
Cycling is a exercise that requires a lot of oxygen for the physiological balance between the energy used, therefore it is able to strength the heart, prevent high blood pressure. This exercise is known to be more effective then medication, because during the process of cycling it compress the blood vessels, speeding up the bloodstream, increasing the amount of oxygen in the brain, The inhaling of fresh air is able to make our brains more clear in making decision and feel a since of freedom in
Society loves to join in on and enjoy all the new trends that arise, even if they may be flawed, expensive, or even silly. People just desire to fit into society and be like everyone else. We’ve grown up hearing “don’t do something just because everyone else is”, but the reality is that we can’t help it, it’s just how humans naturally flow. The latest trend that’s happening is the bike-share program, which allows folks to check out a bike at one service station and return in to another. Bike-share programs are quickly growing around the world and the latest city to adopt this new trend is Los Angeles, California. Justin Clark expresses very strong opinions about this new and environment friendly program and what L.A isn’t doing right. He tells
Like other forms of exercise, bicycling can help with weight problems. It lowers cholesterol and the heart rate. It is a mood enhancer, as well, proving it's physical and mental benefits.
Pollution is a major problem for all of us. People need to recognize this situation so we can start making a difference to this problem. In order to start making a difference, the federal government should increase gasoline tax by one dollar a gallon. Fifty percent of this dollar will go towards public transportation, since passenger cars and trucks are a major contribution towards air pollution, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, E.P.A (10/4, http://www.epa.gov/autoemissions/emsns.html). Due to the expected increase after this is put forth, the remaining fifty percent of the dollar will go towards safety on these transits. When public transportation increases, air pollution will decrease, which will lessen the harmful health risks towards the environment.
This literature review will look into cycling as a means of transportation, for both commuter and recreational purposes, as well as look in depth, the question of just how much can cycling improve both our mental and physical health? The review will examine/critique the statistics that try to prove the affects of physical activity for public health, as well as outline the strengths of each claim and expose the weaknesses. The great philosopher Plato said that the "lack of activity [in society] destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it". This review will outline the dilemma we face in todays society; it ultimately can be referred to, as David Bannister suggests, the fascination with 'distance, speed and time'. For these three qualities are so domineering in our lives today and the effects (both positive and negative) play a substantial part in our lives. The review will critique the writings of scholars such as Tranter, Bannister, Racioppi, Tight and Lindsay as they attempt to define the importance of physical activity for public health.
Amy Westervelt’s article “Bike Sharing Grows Up: New Revenue Models Turn a Nice Idea into Good Business” explains bike sharing programs that you could rent a bike for a day, take it anywhere you wanted, but return it to any bike station. Paris has started a bike-sharing business in 2007, they had cool bikes, reasonable prices, and good placement of the bike stations. The bike program has 50 million rides annually. In the United States launched a bike- sharing program in 2008 in Denver which lead to other cities launching programs in 2010. Washington D.C. created a new problem, they had too many riders and not enough bikes. Portland, San Francisco, and Chicago are planning on releasing a bike-sharing program. Over time the bikes got cooler and
With the model of government guidance and enterprise operations, the bicycle rental systems will successfully operating in Vancouver for a long time in near future. This report analyses and proves the new business ideal. The rental system will benefit people in Vancouver from relieving pressures of Trans link and carbon emissions.
Exercise can benefit an individual in many ways. Through research I have found several articles which have been written throughout the years that address these benefits. Some of these benefits are to prevent diseases, to improve stamina, to strengthen and tone, to enhance flexibility, to control weight, and to improve quality of life. All of these benefits will be address throughout this paper. However, even though exercise does benefits an individual, it does also depends on their circumstances. For example, exercise can be done to help with a pregnancy and after a pregnancy, to control diabetes, and to help the brain function for achievement in school.
only thing that can be improved by the use of bicycles. There are several major
Economic benefits for local and national economy as well as some less tangible benefits play a major role when investments are made on bicycle, pedestrian, and open space facilities. Some of the economic benefits from such infrastructures come from increased retail sales, conservation and creation of jobs, reduced health care costs, and real estate appreciation. The facilities discussed also ease road traffic and lead to a better preservation of roads. Investing in these facilities also improves the air quality, preserves carbon-based energy, and aids in creating more active communities. I will review five articles that will quantify each benefit and translate them into economic value.
There is an abundant amount of existing literature that proposes that females are less likely than males to cycle for transport in countries with low bicycle transport mode share, such as The United States. I will investigate the relationship between gender and bicycling behaviour, and whether female commuter cyclists are more likely to use certain types of bicycle infrastructure over others. Relative to utilitarian bicycling, the study of gender issues in planning leads to the success of social inclusion as well as economic regeneration, and bicycling as a form of active transportation is important due to its individual, social, economic, and environmental benefits. (Garrard, Crawford & Hakman, 2006) These include health benefits, traffic congestion reduction, social inclusion, and job generation. (Garrard, et al, 2006) Therefore this research seeks to answer the question: is there a divide between preferences in bicycle infrastructure between male and female cyclists in cities with low bicycle transport mode share such as Toronto?
Riding a bicycle exercises the whole body while taking you around town. Along with increasing heart rate, biking is less stressful, easy on the joints, and tones
Both of the two auto vehicles are brought into the human industry as the use of benefit students’ lives become more convenient traveler. In commons, the two automobile created opportunities jobs in the economic companies’ nation. Plus, several students did not noticed that both cars and public transportation have one major similar concept where two of the transit vehicle produce environmental pollution, traffic congestion, and oil consumption problems. Encounter, the public transportation and cars can cause a huge impact to the environmental which it can lead human health problems. Mostly, both of the automobile still release noxious gases into the air, and over time the built up can change the environment global warming to like an unhealthy
Bicycles have been a form of transportation for hundreds of years now. Although many people choose to drive automobiles rather than riding bicycles, there is still a sizeable amount of people who prefer riding bicycles. In addition, Cyclists have always ridden their bicycles on the road next to automobiles. However, many people believe that cyclists should have separate laws, while, on the other hand; other people believe that cyclists deserve to have the same laws as car drivers. According to Grant Petersen, bike commuting is up to 61.6 percent in the last thirteen years, but since the national average is still less than two percent, it is hard to make a strong case for revamping the laws to accommodate the significant upsurge. In spite of this, I agree that the laws and infrastructure should be altered to recognize the differences between bicycles and automobiles because it will improve the safety of cyclists, as well as vehicle drivers, and create a more diverse population inside our cities.
...cycling certainly is a necessity, but with humanity’s busy lifestyles they will continue to be driven by the choice of convenience, rather than responsibility. By making recycling mandatory, governments, businesses, and consumers would be forced to create more efficient methods and programs to ensure compliance with the new law; as a result, the decrease of municipal, industrial, and commercial waste, litter, pollution, and energy consumption; the reduction of mining, transporting, and conversion of raw materials into goods; the limiting of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; and the conservation of natural resources would stimulate the economy with new jobs, increased savings, and higher profit margins for consumers and commercial, industrial, and agricultural business. Recycling laws would achieve nothing less, than delivering humanity into a new Golden Age.
There exists various lifestyles and behaviours, ranging from amount of nutrition intake, mental well-being, to the amount of physical activity engaged individually. Weighing the abundance of factors, this essay primarily aims to focus on the aspect of physical activity in relevance to how it possibly affects one's lifestyle. By cross-referencing to other lifestyles and behaviours, this essay will also demonstrate the importance of physical activity in possibly alleviating the issues raised pertaining to other lifestyles as well. Throughout this essay, there will be frequent references to the socio-ecological framework in examining the aforementioned factors.