Statistics
Impressive!
Since the start of Whatcom Smart Trips on July 1, 2006
:
24,542
people have made
5,586,885
Smart Trips
- walk
- bike
- rideshare
- bus
For a TOTAL of:
81,212,969 miles
or 341 trips to the moon.
Environmental Benefits
-
- Number of tons of hydrocarbons prevented:
- 122
-
- Number of tons of carbon monoxide prevented:
- 1,109
-
- Number of tons of particulate matter prevented:
- 0.447
-
- Number of tons of carbon dioxide prevented:
- 33,004
Economic Benefits
-
- Number of gallons of gas saved:
- 3.39 million
-
- Dollars saved:
- $12,869,006.99
- 5 x as many jobs are created when we buy local goods and services instead of gasoline
- 20 x as many jobs are created when we pay for transit fare as when we buy gasoline
Health Benefits
-
- 17.8 million
- walking and bicycling miles
-
- 2.64 million
- hours of physical activity
Smart Trips reduce health care costs to local employers by 25%. In addition, they reduce:
- heart disease by 50%
- depression & anxiety by 47%
- worsening of Alzheimer's & dementia by 50%
- arthritis pain by 47%