Time Savings

If you think cycling is too slow to get you to work on time, think again! 

The 2011 Fall Share the Road event took place Wed. Oct. 26th - with 4 out of 5 races won by bikes!  As per usual, cyclists were faster, spent less money, and had a more enjoyable trip.

Vancouver to Langley Commute Faster by Transit-Bike Mode than Car!

We also recently did a bike comparison of a suburban commute to compare to CTV's "Last one to Langley is a Rotten Egg" story about driving times Vancouver to Willowbrook Mall.  They had three cars on three different routes. Their fastest finisher came in at 1 hour and 19 minutes. When our Bike to Work coordinator Gordon did the route combining Skytrain with a bike picked up from a station bike locker at King George, he made it in 1 hour and 7 minutes - better than all three car routes!!

Take a look at our Share the Road Challenge spring 2009 where seven out of nine bikes beat their car-driving counterparts downtown in morning Vancouver rush hour.

Share the Road Challenge from Diana Wilson on Vimeo.

And if that wasn't proof enough, you have to see this Sao Paulo Commuter Challenge where the bike beat the helicopter - that's right - the helicopter!