Statistics

Submitted by kate on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 16:38.
If the number of kids who walk and bike to school returned to 1969 levels, it would save 3.2 billion vehicle miles, 1.5 million tons of CO2 and 89,000 tons of other pollutants annually. This is the equivalent of keeping more than 250,000 cars off the road for a year.
Pedroso, M., 2008
Safe Routes to School: Steps to a Greener Future