Advantages of biking in Las Vegas’s suburbs are growing, including bicycle infrastructure projects like Skye Canyon. Many applaud Las Vegas’s attempts toward long-term environmental sustainability.
Southern Nevada has roughly 870 miles of bike lanes, paths, and shared roads. With plans to double that number, you may see more bikes on the road. Thus, the planet is sure to benefit.
Southern Nevada is known for its great residential neighborhoods with good connectivity to recreational spaces.
Some of the top benefits of bike friendly suburbs:
- Studies indicate that 28% of residents living in Southern Nevada have either no automobile or limited/shared access. Safe biking conditions give low-income Americans access to jobs, schooling, and stores so they do not have to buy a car. Especially when cars cost about $8,500 a year to operate.
- Biking safely also allows children and younger teens, who often do not have access to cars or people to drive them, get around to part-time jobs or lessons, teaching independence.
- Biking provides proven health benefits. Bicycling about 30 minutes a day reduces chances of many common diseases including diabetes, dementia, and depression by at least 40%.
- Biking is the best way to see the suburbs and smaller towns. You can only see a limited amount walking and driving, but while riding a bike, you can see more and make a local connection.
- Biking infrastructure makes the suburban streets safer for bikers, drivers, and walkers and reduces the frequency of crashes. Protected bike lanes help everyone. Cars don’t have to worry about bikes and vice versa.
- Cars and trucks cause over 25% of all greenhouses gases. Swapping a car for a bike even on short commutes means an entire ton less of carbon per person yearly.
- Biking also provides better air quality and a quieter surroundings.
- Lastly, bicycle projects can save money by maintaining and expanding a suburb’s transportation systems.
Lerner and Rowe from Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys remarked, “Bicycling is an integral part of the Southern Nevada transportation system, and will help manage health and transportation costs going forward.”