Monday, June 18, 2012

Bikeshare helmets

  • Bike sharing is a growing phenomenon, and lots of cities are launching programs that allow people to borrow a set of wheels.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Cyclists in Washington, D.C. who use Capital Bikeshare for their daily commutes are much less likely to wear helmets than commuters on their own bikes.
  • (medicalxpress.com)
  • Bikeshare proponents often argue that one of the benefits of the systems is helping people exercise. But those healthy effects could easily be negated by severe head trauma.
  • (US News and World Report)
  • But catching Bikeshare cyclists wearing helmets isnt common at all, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of Public Health.
  • (WUSA)
  • Bob McDonnells final approval. * A study out of Georgetown found that people who use Capital Bikeshare to commute forgo helmets at a higher rate than other cyclists. Seven out of ten Capital Bikeshare cyclists did not use a helmet.
  • (NBC Washington)

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