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Largest Ever Annual Motorcycle and Scooter Ride To Work Day Expected
Wednesday, July 16,2008
This year’s 17th Annual Ride To Work Day is just a month away. The recent rise in gas prices have caused
many commuters to turn to motorcycles and scooters to save money on transportation, and they are finding them to be an economical, efficient and enjoyable way to get to work and around town. Because of high world-wide gasoline prices, this is expected to be the largest RTW day ever, in terms of numbers of participants.
According to the United States Census Bureau and the Department of Transportation, over eighty million cars and light trucks are used for daily commuting on American roads, and about 200,000 motorcycles and scooters are a regular part of this mix. On Ride To Work Day, the practical side of riding becomes more visible as a larger number of America’s 8,000,000 cycles are ridden to work.
Ride to Work Day helps demonstrate how these vehicles make parking easier and help traffic flow better. Studies have shown that across equal distances, commuting
motorcyclists reach their destinations in less time than those using automobiles, that motorcycles and scooters consume less resources per mile than automobiles, and that they take up less space on roads. Motorcycle and scooter riders seek improved employer recognition and support for this form of transportation, and more public and government awareness of the positive value of riding.
Changes and improvements to the Ride To Work website this year include new interactive forums on topics ranging from lane sharing to insurance and
health care issues. The Ride to Work Day website also now accepts credit cards for all propaganda merchandise orders.
Ride to Work Day, a 501 c4 nonprofit organization, can be reached at: POB 1072, Proctor, Minnesota, 55810 USA
http://www.ridetowork.org 218 722 9806 Christine HoIt
choIt@ridetowork.org Andy Goldflne
agoldfine@ridetowork.org
Ride to Work Day Mission Statement: To advocate
and support the use of motorcycles and scooters
for transportation, and to provide information
about transportation riding to the public. |
NORMAL WEEKDAY MOTORCYCLE COMMUTING DAY FUEL USED (estimated)
150,000 commuting motorcycles x 5 mi average commute distance x 2 (both ways) = 1,500,000 motorcycle commuting miles per day. 1,500,000 motorcycle commuting miles @ mpg (avg) 30,000 gallons per commuting day. 100,000,000 commuting passenger cars, light trucks as SUV’s x 6 mi average commute distance x 2 (both ways)
1,200,000,000 car, light truck and SUV commuting
miles per day. 1,200,000,000 car, light truck and SUV
commuting miles at 20 mpg (avg) = 60,000,000 gallons per day.
RIDE TO WORK DAY FUEL SAVINGS (estimated)
150,000 motorcycles use 30,000 gallons per norm commuting day x 2 (an estimated 150,000 added motorcycles on Ride to Work Day) = 60,000 gallons used by
motorcycles on Ride to Work Day. 60,000 gallons used on Ride to Work Day - 30,000 gallons used by motorcycles on a normal commuting day 30,000 additional gallons used by motorcycles on Ride to Work Day.
On Ride to Work Day, there are an estimated 150,00 additional Ride to Work Day commuting motorcycles and 150,000 less commuting car, light truck and SUV’s. A
mile (avg) commute x 2 (both ways) x 150,000
commuting car, light truck and SUV’s = 1,800,000 car, light truck as SUV miles. 1,800,000 car, light truck and SUV miles / 20
mpg (avg) = 90,000 gallons. 90,000 less car, truck and SUV
gallons - 30,000 more gallons used on Ride to Work Day
60,000 less gallons of fuel used on Ride to Work Day.
If every work day were Ride to Work Day, 60,000
gallons
saved x 250 work days = 15,000,000 less gallons used per
year.
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