Transportation and Pollution
Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities.
Their answer is the bicycle, or "bike".
In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day.
In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City.
They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown stction of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.
For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders.
For example, they want the city to draw bicycle lanes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders must use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents.
Bike for Better City feels that if there were special lanes more people would use bikes.