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Biking and walking have always been good excercise. Today they are easier as towns and cities become more bike/walking friendly.
"The core of their message is plain common sense: All Americans are better off because biking and walking fosters improved public health (and savings in health care expenditures for households, businesses, and government), stronger communities, less congestion, safer streets, lower energy use, and a cleaner, safer environment. "
Some cities aren't very bike friendly. A lack of bike lanes and spread out city makes it hard to walk or bike just anywhere. We all know it is healthier for ourselves and the environment to walk or bike as transportation but, the reality is that it is close to impossible for some people.
I love to ride my bike, but I have to stick to trails or my neighborhood, as I live in an extremely un-bikefriendly area. People who ride in bike lanes where I live are just targets. It's a shame, but sadly, the way it is.
The health benefits of biking only benefit non-bikers to the extent that we have socialized medicine where x has to pay for the medical treatment of y.
Note that the same argument applies to innumerable activites. To the extent that medicine is socialized, if you smoke drink, eat twinkies, or have unprotected anal sex it becomes a cost to the public and therefore the public's business. If you run, exercise, eat healthy, don't "smoke, chew, or go with girls who do," it becomes a benefit to the public and arguably deserves to be subsidized.
It can be tricky. If you run ultramarathons you're probably doing more harm than good. If you totally abstain from sex you can develop prostrate problems (maybe mental issues too). All these things arguably should be carefully monitored, evaluated, and taxed or subsidized as appropriate by government.
Bicycling is wonderful..I've loved it since I was nine or so, and have always owned a bike. These days of high gas prices--and likely going higher--using a bike is good for our health--and great for our wallets!
I have a big basket on my errand bike and I do my lighter grocery shopping, mail letters, go to the library and take care of most of my local errands by bike...
Also a daily ride along the waterfront figures into my fitness routine--and it feeds my spirit, too. Being out in the fresh air and being close to nature's beauty, sights and smells is wonderful.
Folks on bikes are friendly and getting and giving waves is warming...
If you've not been on a bike lately, maybe you'll want to see what feeling 12 years old all over again feels like?
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