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Americans Have Taken 23 Million Bike Share Rides and No One Has Died

Let us explain it in numbers

Here’s 5 things didn’t know about bike sharing, by the numbers:

  • 2007 TULSA: the year and the city with the first bike share. Not Portland or SF, but, Tulsa. That’s in Oklahoma (we think).
  • 14% DROP in head injuries in bike share cities. Counter to predictions, head injuries have gone DOWN. Why? More cyclists on the road makes cycling safer
  • 28% DROP in overall injuries for the very same reason
  • 23 MILLION Americans Have Taken Bike Share Rides according to Yahoo.
  • ZERO deaths despite no helmet requirements

Now here’s three ways we’re going to make city cycling even safer:

  1. Helmet-less bike sharing is a time bomb - it’s only a matter of time before the zero deaths number changes. Companies like Helmet Hub are working on this.
  2. Brighter, more rugged safety gear, like our urban bike lights.
  3. Better cyclist-driver relations, as we described on our bicycle blog.

 

What other things will make biking safer?