It's amazing how much we all have in common and how most repsondents have cited numerous reasons instead of just one. Even though the vast majority of commuters (at least in "these here parts") drive to work, I wonder how much stress would be alleviated if everyone who was capable of doing it rode a bike to work instead of driving.

It makes me wonder what it would take to get more people to try it. I think here in the ATL, it's safe roads and to some extent facilities. It gets so hot and humid in the summer here that I break out in a sweat just just taking the garbage can to the curb.

Personally, the benefits so far outweigh the cons, that I risk bodily injury to keep doing it. I find this paradoxical but very telling. I know there are studies out there that say that cycling is safer than driving per kilometer, but I can't imagine that to be true for the zip codes I drive through. I estimate I get passed by probably 500 cars per trip and each and every one of them has to avoid hitting me every time. I dunno. I know for a fact that the accidents per kilometer study I saw was completely bogus. Most roadies I know crash at least two or three times a year, including races. Thoughts?