2W2W: Healthy Savannah, SBC and you!

Healthy Savannah is teaming up with your Savannah Bicycle Campaign to promote our monthly Two Wheels To Work commuter ride on Friday, November 5^th.

The convoy will depart at 7:30am from Habersham Village for a gently-paced 20-25 minute social ride into downtown, ending at Ellis Square.  The ride will end with a nice cup of Jittery Joe’s Coffee, along with an assortment of healthy breakfast treats provided by Healthy Savannah.

The 2W2W event highlights how enjoyable bicycling to work can be, particularly during our fine Fall weather. Bicycling to work is one of the healthiest choices you can make at a variety of levels.  Exercising first thing in the morning does wonders for boosting your metabolism and will give you that extra pep in your step!

As you campaigners know, not only is biking to work good for your body, but it also benefits our environment. Short trips by automobiles are one of the worst sources of pollution. Automobiles run particularly foul in the first few minutes they are in operation. Because of this, a prime goal of cleaner transit advocates is to increase the awareness of cleaner alternatives like biking, walking and mass transit. At present, human powered transit accounts for only about a 1% mode share of all trips in America. If commuters would employ an alternative mode just one of the 20 or so work days of each month, that mode share would go up to 5%.

Bicycling to work also meshes beautifully with Healthy Savannah’s stated goal: “The Healthy Savannah 2012 Initiative is dedicated to making Savannah a healthier place to live. Our aim is to increase opportunities for citizens to engage in physical activity and consume a nutritious, balanced diet.”

“I started biking to work in Atlanta in 1993 on Bike to Work Day,” says Frank McIntosh, SBC Executive Director. “I’ve biked a little over 48,000 miles since then with a significant percentage of that being just short hops to work and running errands. It has been an amazingly positive influence in my life. SBC is working hard to make sure that our city is as bicycle friendly as it can be and is eager to work with anyone who wants to make cycling a part of their lives.”

Members of Healthy Savannah will address the group after the ride on the importance of the many small healthy choices we make every day in our overall well-being.  All are welcome!