So what would happen when you put a bicycle, car, and public transit commuter in a race during rush hour in New York City? See what happens in the video that I found at Utility Cycling below.

Most importantly, the bicyclist did not put out any pollution whereas the commuter had 1lb of carbon and the car produced 6lbs of carbon for that same 5 mile race.

So how about a race between bicycles and a helicopter? There shouldn’t be any way bicyclists can win, right? See this video provided by Treehugger.com.

Imagine living in a city like San Paulo where it is so congested that there are helicopter transportation services that you can take. In the end the bicycles produced no carbon whereas the helicopter produced 3.75kg of carbon, which translates to about 8.27lbs of carbon (thank you Google for the conversion).

I’m thinking these scenarios may not be feasible in Los Angeles because of how sprawled out our city is. Nevertheless, even if we’re traveling slower than cars, we’re green and we’re not stressed.

2 Responses to “Bicycle Vs…”

1. Melanie says:

   September 28, 2009 at 8:02 am

   Thanks for the link! I never would have imagined a bicycle vs. a helicopter, good find.
2. Johnny says:

   September 30, 2009 at 1:52 pm

   Thanks Melanie. I was totally blown away by that bicycle vs. helicopter race as well.