BENEFITS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

  Walking and cycling can better your health and well-being by:

• Lowering your blood pressure 
• Increasing your energy
• Increasing your flexibility and muscle strength
• Improving your posture/balance
• Lowering your stress levels 
• Reduces the risk of depression, heart disease, obesity, adult-onset diabetes, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure 

Leaving your car at home:

• Cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions  
• Reduces air pollutants  
• Reduces noise pollution and congestion 
• Reduces the need for new parking lots and roadways
• Saves valuable green space 

  Walking and cycling means:

• Increased contact with your neighbors and community
• More equitable access to basic needs and services, such as education, jobs, recreation and health care 
• Better access to mass transit  
• Calmer and safer roads 
• More "eyes on the street" 
• “Safety in numbers”  

• Walkable neighborhoods are catalysts for economic development, downtown revitalization, and higher home values 
• On average it costs $6,000-$8,000 per year to own and operate a car, but only $150 per year for a bicycle. And walking is virtually cost-free! 
• Cars cause a lot more wear and tear on roads compared to walking and cycling.