((PKG)) THE GROWING POPULARITY OF BIKES IN THE AGE
OF PANDEMIC
((TRT: 03:55))
((Banner: Biking Boom))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera/Editor: Adam Greenbaum))
((Map: Leesburg and Arlington, Virginia))
((Main characters: 2 male))
((NATS: Clear right, clear left!))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
Riding today is fantastic. It's not too hot. The sun is in your
face. You've got the wind blowing, but the smells, cut grass and
rolling by a BBQ shop and smelling that or cookies. It’s crazy
what you smell.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
I started really young, oh my gosh, four years old or so. I used to
ride to work. That was my transportation till I got a car, for years
and years.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
The thing about being in a car is, you disconnect yourself. You
can't disconnect yourself on a bicycle in traffic, you can't. And
you are no longer the top dog, and that's really important. I
actually think that that feeling is important to help you, make you a
better driver because you're more aware of what's around you in
the world.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
I love riding and I want to share that love. So, I founded Maverick
Charities, to give back, to expand opportunity for other folks. We
partnered with organizations who help incarcerated folks, who are
coming out of incarceration, get back on their feet, and some of
them can't have licenses.
((Courtesy: Maverick Charities INC.))
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
We're about to donate 50 bikes to Loudoun County public
schools. And that's our first run of 50. We plan on doing it
frequently throughout the year, at least twice a year.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
So, I think what COVID-19 meant to cycling was an opportunity.
((NATS))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Bicycling in the United States has been increasing over the last
decade or two in certain cities and places like
((Courtesy: Prof. Ralph Buehler))
Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, Washington D.C.,
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Bicycling has gotten an additional boost by a very unfortunate
event which is the COVID crisis. Many people found themselves
at home and in the need for physical activity and they were
flocking to bikes, often for recreational purposes.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
We have people who still go to work or have to make a trip
but are not comfortable making it on a public transport anymore.
And they are switching to the bicycle to make that trip. So, they
are using the bike for a utilitarian trip purpose or as a substitute
for public transport.
((Courtesy: Prof. Ralph Buehler))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Many European countries have had higher cycling levels
historically as the United States, but even from those
levels now, they have made efforts for putting in bike lanes,
putting in cycle tracks, doing intersection modifications to
accommodate bicyclists. They’ve seen a big growth in cycling.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
A big part of the population, according to research, between 50
and 60 percent, are not willing to ride with fast moving traffic and
a lot of traffic in the streets. So, what they need are separate
facilities. These can be bike lanes with just a stripe of paint on
the road giving them their own space or cycle tracks.
((NATS))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
The more people ride their bikes, the more likely drivers know
cyclists who ride their bikes, the more likely drivers are cyclists
themselves. We are developing more of a traffic culture that's
watching out for the other because the cyclist is not the unknown
or the other, but it may be your friend or your work colleague and
you can sort of relate to the people who are on bikes. And, I
think, it’s changing the traffic culture.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
About 40 percent of all trips that are taken a day, are shorter than
two miles. And so, a trip is from one place, from your home to
work for example is a trip, from your work to grabbing lunch.
These are very bikeable distances. There's a
great potential, especially in cities, to move some of these trips
away, away from cars.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
The more the community rides, the more the community will enjoy
riding together. In the end, it brings us closer together. That's
what bicycles do. They enable the world and they bring us closer
together.
((NATS))
OF PANDEMIC
((TRT: 03:55))
((Banner: Biking Boom))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera/Editor: Adam Greenbaum))
((Map: Leesburg and Arlington, Virginia))
((Main characters: 2 male))
((NATS: Clear right, clear left!))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
Riding today is fantastic. It's not too hot. The sun is in your
face. You've got the wind blowing, but the smells, cut grass and
rolling by a BBQ shop and smelling that or cookies. It’s crazy
what you smell.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
I started really young, oh my gosh, four years old or so. I used to
ride to work. That was my transportation till I got a car, for years
and years.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
The thing about being in a car is, you disconnect yourself. You
can't disconnect yourself on a bicycle in traffic, you can't. And
you are no longer the top dog, and that's really important. I
actually think that that feeling is important to help you, make you a
better driver because you're more aware of what's around you in
the world.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
I love riding and I want to share that love. So, I founded Maverick
Charities, to give back, to expand opportunity for other folks. We
partnered with organizations who help incarcerated folks, who are
coming out of incarceration, get back on their feet, and some of
them can't have licenses.
((Courtesy: Maverick Charities INC.))
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
We're about to donate 50 bikes to Loudoun County public
schools. And that's our first run of 50. We plan on doing it
frequently throughout the year, at least twice a year.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
So, I think what COVID-19 meant to cycling was an opportunity.
((NATS))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Bicycling in the United States has been increasing over the last
decade or two in certain cities and places like
((Courtesy: Prof. Ralph Buehler))
Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, Washington D.C.,
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Bicycling has gotten an additional boost by a very unfortunate
event which is the COVID crisis. Many people found themselves
at home and in the need for physical activity and they were
flocking to bikes, often for recreational purposes.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
We have people who still go to work or have to make a trip
but are not comfortable making it on a public transport anymore.
And they are switching to the bicycle to make that trip. So, they
are using the bike for a utilitarian trip purpose or as a substitute
for public transport.
((Courtesy: Prof. Ralph Buehler))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
Many European countries have had higher cycling levels
historically as the United States, but even from those
levels now, they have made efforts for putting in bike lanes,
putting in cycle tracks, doing intersection modifications to
accommodate bicyclists. They’ve seen a big growth in cycling.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
A big part of the population, according to research, between 50
and 60 percent, are not willing to ride with fast moving traffic and
a lot of traffic in the streets. So, what they need are separate
facilities. These can be bike lanes with just a stripe of paint on
the road giving them their own space or cycle tracks.
((NATS))
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
The more people ride their bikes, the more likely drivers know
cyclists who ride their bikes, the more likely drivers are cyclists
themselves. We are developing more of a traffic culture that's
watching out for the other because the cyclist is not the unknown
or the other, but it may be your friend or your work colleague and
you can sort of relate to the people who are on bikes. And, I
think, it’s changing the traffic culture.
((Ralph Buehler, Professor & Chair of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech University))
About 40 percent of all trips that are taken a day, are shorter than
two miles. And so, a trip is from one place, from your home to
work for example is a trip, from your work to grabbing lunch.
These are very bikeable distances. There's a
great potential, especially in cities, to move some of these trips
away, away from cars.
((NATS))
((Robert Bagnall, Biker; Founder, Maverick Charities))
The more the community rides, the more the community will enjoy
riding together. In the end, it brings us closer together. That's
what bicycles do. They enable the world and they bring us closer
together.
((NATS))