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California's over-reliance on motor vehicles contributes to a
variety of public health problems, such as obesity and social
isolation, which cannot be solved simply by replacing internal
combustion engines with batteries or fuel cells. On the other hand,
bicycling is affordable for the masses and, as documented by recent
studies regarding active transport, confers enormous health
benefits. Moreover, cycling (and walking) are truly zero-emissions.
Their in-use emissions do not depend on transitioning to a
low-carbon electricity grid. Their manufacture requires only a
small fraction of the materials and energy required for motor
vehicles.

A cycling infrastructure would enable a truly zero emissions
vehicle to satisfy a critical fraction of California's
transportation needs, while boosting Californian's health, quality
of life, and social fabric. Maintaining cycling infrastructure
would cost, per mile travelled, only a small fraction of what the
current automotive infrastructure demands. Evidence from other
countries, such as Denmark and the Netherlands, who have mobilized
the political will to provide safe cycling infrastructure for their
citizens suggest that bicycles are a vehicle that the ARB would be
foolish not to support.

Please reconsider your ZEV portfolio. Please provide the citizens
of Calfiornia with an equitable, affordable, healthy, and truly
zero-emissions transportation option. Please continue to maintain
California's leadership in transportation strategies. As the
Germans say in their campaign targeting active transport for trips
of less than 5 km: "kopf an, motor aus!" (Turn your head on, your
motor off.)

The urgency of our climate problems demand the courage for ARB to
promulgate truly visionary strategies.

Thank you for your consideration and for your hard work.