The top employers in Midland
(Dow, Dow Corning, MidMichigan Health, and Midland Public Schools) had a friendly competition to see
which can get the highest percentage of employees to commute to work by
bicycle during bike to work week. The Midland Public School employees logged the most commutes with almost 1% of all commutes during bike to work week completed by bicycle! Each year: Approximately 4,000 miles were ridden, and about 5,000 pounds of CO2 were not emmitted! Additionally, about 200 gallons of gasoline was not burned for a cost savings of over $500. That also represents about 250 hours of great exercise that we got to do while going to and from work. Here are five compelling reasons to promote bicycle commuting:Information courtesy of Trek Bicycle Corporation.
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