“Every year Americans buy 14 million new bicycles and discard 5 million old ones, leaving many more of them abandoned and unused in basements, sheds and garages across the United States. Meanwhile, poor people in the developing third world countries need cheap, non-polluting transportation to get to jobs, deliver goods to market, provide services to customers and get to schools and community medical services.”

“Every year Americans buy 14 million new bicycles and discard 5 million old ones, leaving many more of them abandoned and unused in basements, sheds and garages across the United States. Meanwhile, poor people in the developing third world countries need cheap, non-polluting transportation to get to jobs, deliver goods to market, provide services to customers and get to schools and community medical services.”

Pedals for Progress 2003

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