An economic analysis of the bike commute

In which we consider the costs, as well as the benefits, of riding our bike to work. Riding our bike to work means that we may occasionally be attacked by marauding curbstones. On the benefit side, we are not being mugged by auto-mechanics, or unpleasant dictatorships with thoroughly undeserved good luck in geography. Overall, the bike is still a clear winner.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/10/an-economic-analysis-of-the-bike-commute/2138/