Bicycle frame.

PositionMATTERS OF SCALE - Transportation statistics - Chart

Bicycle Frame Bicycles per 1,000 people in the United States (mid-1990s) 385 In Germany 588 In the Netherlands 1,000 Percent of urban travel accounted for by cycling in the United 1 States (1995) Percent in Germany 12 Percent in the Netherlands 28 Percent of adults that are obese in the United States (2003) 30.6 Percent in Germany 12.9 Percent in the Netherlands 10.0 Total spending on health as percent of GDP in the United States 14.6 (2002) Percent in Germany 10.9 Percent in the Netherlands 8.8 Persons per hour that one meter-width-equivalent right-of-way can carry, by mode: Auto in mixed traffic 170 Bicycle 1,500 Bus in mixed traffic 2,700 Pedestrian 3,600 Suburban railway 4,000 Energy used per passenger-mile (calories): Auto 1,860...

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