This document discusses the benefits of commuting by bicycle in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It notes that the average commute by bicycle is 50 minutes, saving 2 hours each day compared to motor vehicles. Bicycling promotes a healthy lifestyle and reduces stress. The cycling community in Dhaka is growing and organizing rides, races and classes. Communities with high rates of bicycling, like those in Denmark and the Netherlands, are among the happiest countries. The document encourages more people to take up bicycling for fun, fitness and reducing traffic problems in Dhaka.

1. BE THE CHANGE
Problems as Catalysts

2. 12 Years
65 days per year
10 hours per week

3. Who is stealing
these 12 years
from you?

5. Problem

7. Just like water flows through the
creek stones
A cyclists in Dhaka flows through the gaps of this traffic mess

8. This is My Story
• Distance from my home to office is 7.5km
• By Car 1.5hr + 1.5hr = 3hrs of commute
• By Motor Bike 50mins + 50mins = 1hr 40mins of commute
By a BICYCLE 25mins + 25mins = 50mins of commute
I save 2+ hours each day by commuting with my bicycle to my work
• Saving 2 hours daily
• 10 hours in a week
• 65 work days in a year
• 12 work years in your life time

9. Average speed of a car in
Dhaka
>7kmph
Average speed of a cycle in Dhaka
14kmph

10. Bike Culture Started to Spread – Bike Friday

11. Started Long Distance Endurance Rides to Test Our Limits

12. People
Started
To
Have
Fun
As
We
Grew
Bigger

13. … and Bigger

14. … and Bigger

15. Bicycle Culture is Growing

16. Few more real life stories
Meet Anisul Haque
• Lecturer (EWU)
• Bicycles to his work
• Races with cyclists
half his age and
beats them regularly

17. Meet Istiaque Mahmud
• Father of two, a loving
husband and branch
manager of Brac Bank
• Installed shower
facility in his bank’s
branch so that he can
commute to his work,
take a shower and start
work with a fresh
mind.

18. Meet HaseenaJahanMili
• Head of Service
Delivery, City Bank Ltd
• When ever she finds
time, she is out with her
bicycle along with her
lady rider buddies.

19. Just like many of you
I also hate exercising

20. Way out from Sedentary Lifestyle
• Think about only two generations earlier
• Very active, physically
• We are designed to use our body for our daily
commutes
• Cycling helps us to put the balance back into
equilibrium

21. Let’s look at some benefits
• helps reduce back pain
• reduces waistline
• builds muscles and heals joints
• great cardiovascular exercise

22. Average person looses 13 lbs in first
year of riding to work

23. Cycling as an outdoor fun activity for
the people of Dhaka
• Break the home-restaurant-home culture
• Bridges the social divide
• Promotes social trust and bonding
Give me CYCLE SPACE, and I’ll give you a
happy, healthy, and fit nation.

24. Promotes healthy lifestyle

25. Did you know?
Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands
and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according
to the survey of 156 countries
ALL ARE VERY WELL KNOWN AS CYCLING NATIONS
You can't bicycle with a grumpy face,
cycling always puts a smile on you

26. Differences it makes as you
commute using your bicycle
• No honking and pushing/bashing each other
• Cyclists is happily on his way with a joyful mind
• Collective stress for the car owners which I think
penetrates in other aspects of life too
• Being a cyclist you are almost always in time

27. Would YOU like to take up
cycling?

28. Here is what I’ve learned and want
to share who wants to start cycling
• Cycles available in market nowadays are very good,
unlike few years back
• Buy a good bicycle – your life will depend on it
• Learn how to fix your flats – that’s equivalent to
going to gas refueling stations for cars
• Join community rides
• Just go out and have fun

29. Beginners’
Lesson
Bike Friday
Josshila
Saturday
Critical Mass
64 Good Acts
Community
Races
Emergency
Response Team
Team BDC
Some Community Activity You Can Join

30. What if I have questions about
which bike to buy, where to repair
it, how to go on rides and millions
and millions of questions

31. BDCyclists website and facebook group
come into the picture here
http://bdcyclists.com
http://bit.ly/bdcyclists
QA – Classifieds – Mind Maps – Events – News – Races

32. Come,
Let’s Ride