Why cycle to UCD?

Get Fit

• - On average, cyclists live two years longer than non-cyclists;
• - Regular cyclists are as fit as an average person 10 years younger;
• - Cyclists breathe in less pollution from traffic than car drivers;
• - Cycling raises your metabolic rate, helping you to keep the weight off.

Save Time

• - In cities cycling can often be twice as quick as driving and your journey time won’t vary with traffic, so you can normally arrive on time;
• - Easy parking – it costs you nothing and space is freely available, as long as you don’t park where you’re not meant to.

Save Money

• - The basic costs for running a car for a year just for tax, insurance and maintenance can quickly run to hundreds or sometime even thousands of Euro. With fuel bills and NCT requirements on top, the costs quickly mount up.
• - A good bike will only cost you around €85 a year on maintenance, even less if you pick up the spanner or allen key yourself. Bicycles don’t require NCT, Tax or insurance.

Help the Environment

• - Cycling is the least polluting way of travelling after walking.
• - 2kg of carbon are saved for every short journey that is made using a bike instead of a car;
• - Ten bikes can be parked in the space of one car;
• - Cycling uses 0.03 mega joules of energy per kilometre, 70 times more energy-efficient than the average car.

Information courtesy of Sustrans, www.sustrans.org.uk 0845 113 00 65 Sustrans, 2 Cathedral Square, Bristol. BS1 5DD Commuting

Tips from:
the Road Safety Authority http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Pedestrians-and-Cyclists/Cycling-safety/
Bicycle Security Advice from UCD Unicare http://www.ucd.ie/unicare/personalproperty/bicycle.html