Ride to Work Day – 17 June 2013

So did you leave the car at home yesterday and take your bike? What exactly are the benefits of riding to work?

So did you leave the car at home yesterday and take your bike?  What exactly are the benefits of riding to work?

You will certainly have more money in your pocket at the end of the month, with road tax starting at just £16 a year for smaller motorcycles and less fuel needed.  Parking is generally free and motorbikes and scooters don’t pay the London congestion charge. 

No more waiting for overcrowded and delayed buses, trains and trams and its certainly a lot more fun. Just get on and go when you’re ready.  

With 1.3 million motorcycles on UK roads now it is by far the fastest growing type of vehicle up 75% since 1995.

No more sitting in queues of rush hour traffic, the average commuter spends more than two months of their life in traffic and pays heavily for the privilege.  Some London boroughs, along with other cities including Birmingham, Reading, Bristol and Bath, already allow motorbikes and scooters to use bus lanes and now motorcycles are able to use bus lanes on the majority of London’s Red Routes as well.

It all adds up!