Live Twitter chat: Can bicycling save the economy?
by Grist.
Making
statements like “bicycling will save the economy” sounds like pure
hyperbole, and our bike columnist Elly Blue nearly nixed the idea as too out-there. Then she started looking
at the numbers. And what she found is that bicycling turns out to be a tremendously reasonable salve
to many of our current economic woes. The best part is we can do something
about it without waiting for government policy and funding to catch up.
Elly is ready to take your questions about the ways biking can positively transform communities—and she is also ready for debate! All you need to join the conversation is a Twitter account. Cities editor Sarah Goodyear is on hand, too. Use the #bikenomics hashtag, and join in:
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