KABARMEGAPOLITAN.com – On June 3 there is World Bicycle Day, here are the benefits and importance of bicycles throughout the world. The bicycle is one of the most important inventions in history. Bicycles provide millions of people with a means of transportation powered solely by their bodies. Bicycles are also practical, reliable and help one stay fit. Many find it a fun and hassle-free way to get around and take care of daily tasks.
World Bicycle Day is the UN’s effort to recognize the importance of bicycles around the world.
Bicycles have helped many families around the world, to gain access to cheap and reliable transportation.
Cycling is an environmentally friendly, safe and healthy way to travel, and one that we need to do more of if we want to protect the world from the damage caused by unsustainable CO2 production.
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Cycling can save lives, help improve the environment, and support poverty alleviation, and for these reasons, it deserves more attention than it currently receives.
The UN launched World Bicycle Day for several reasons. The first is to recognize the transformative impact of bicycles on society.
Pedal bikes give even the world’s poorest people access to transportation services, and allow them to visit friends, fetch water, and buy groceries.
Second, bicycles are a long-used mode of transportation, which has helped almost all human communities around the world.
All cultures and people can take part in the celebration and show their love for cycling.
The third aim is to highlight the fact that many cities ignore the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.
Policymakers have a bias against motor vehicles, serving their needs rather than using environmentally sound alternatives.
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Therefore, World Bicycle Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the benefits of cycling and promote measures to ensure better sharing of the road.
This is an opportunity for society to demand improvements in road safety and cycling mobility, through policy changes and measurable activities that protect and promote rider and pedestrian safety.
The fourth goal is to help save lives and reduce poverty.
Cycling can help reduce death rates while reducing road traffic and investing in safer modes of inner-city travel.
By providing the poorest people with access to transportation, they can get to work more easily.
Cycling helps them achieve greater health equity by reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, some types of cancer, diabetes and even death.***
