[Snipped from The National Center for Bicycling & Walking's newsletter CenterLines, Issue 224, April 1'09]

BIKE COMMUTERS CAN SAVE EMPLOYERS 27M EUROS IN ABSENTEEISM

According to a Jan. 26th TNO article, "Employees who cycle regularly to work are less frequently ill, with on average more than one day per year less absenteeism than colleagues who do not cycle to work. If employers in the Netherlands were to encourage employees to cycle to work more, annual savings could reach 27 million euros."

Download the 2-page summary at: http://www.tno.nl/downloads/reduced_sickness_absence_kvl_l_09_02_978Em_laag.pdf