Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 4/2/2025 1:43 PM, sms wrote:

On 4/2/2025 11:32 AM, sms wrote:
 Also see "No strong evidence bicycle helmet legislation deters cycling" which can be downloaded at <https:// www.researchgate.net/ publication/305388486_No_strong_evidence_bicycle_helmet_legislation_deters_cycling>, (click on Download full-text PDF). See Table 1 on page 1.
 The reality is that cycling rates go up and down for a variety of factors. Weather, the economy, the availability or lack of availability of mass transit, and in 2020, the pandemic and the rise of remote-working.
 In China, commuter cycling plunged as cities began building subway systems. In 1992 there were no subway lines in Shanghai. This is the map today: https:// www.chinaairlinetravel.com/metro/shanghai/map.html.
 

Urban transit has certainly enhanced my daughter's riding. The escalating assault/murder rate on the CTA has driven her to ride all winter long.
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