Here’s Colin Beavan, of No Impact Man, on The Colbert Report:
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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A couple of thoughts (i.e. painfully obvious assertions):
1. Using a bicycle as basic transportation can have a dramatic effect on one’s carbon footprint, or, rather, one’s carbon trace 
2. Bicycles can play a role in connecting you with your community in a way that a car cannot.
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Funny – I just did a few numbers on the same subject before reading this – only from the air quality point of view. Bikes did well – for single occupant vehicles.
If I were a clean air type, I’d be pushing vanpools. It’s a lot easier to get 9 gas-burning vehicles off the road with a vanpool than to convince 8 drivers to take up cycle commuting…
Posted 12 Oct 2009 at 5:01 pm ¶I’m listening to the book now… thanks for good another tip
Posted 13 Oct 2009 at 2:21 pm ¶Keri… I haven’t read it yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
Steve… Given the typical urban living patterns in the U.S., I suspect you’re correct re: van pools.
Posted 14 Oct 2009 at 7:44 am ¶