Had any doubt about these United States of America not exactly being a hotbed of cycling fervor? Here's some statistics to prove the point; cycling distances per person per year [copehagen.com ]
Denmark: 954 km [ 590 miles ]
Netherlands: 879 km
Japan: 354 km
Belgium: 329 km
Germany: 298 km
Sweden: 277 km
Finland: 256 km
Ireland: 186 km
Austria: 173 km
Italy: 159 km
Great Britain: 84 km
France: 81 km
Greece: 77 km
USA: 33 km ... [ 20 miles ]
Luxembourg: 31 km
Portugal: 29 km
Spain: 27 km
Welll, we're better than Luxembourg, but then there's probably only 27 fatcat bankers living in that tiny state, and as for Portugal and Spain? That's a mystery, but maybe it's something to do with the Catalonian temperament.
Close to the bottom of the list for USA, interesting.
Posted by: Ajlouny | Aug 05, 2009 at 11:58 PM