Biking in Worthington

This webpage is still under construction and will be expanded to include a full list of bike-related projects.

Sustainable Worthington has created an interactive, online map showing all bike racks within Worthington.  Here is the map of bike racks in Worthington. Check it out. 

Sustainable Worthington members are working on multiple projects regarding biking.  If you are interested in learning about or helping with any of these projects, please Contact Us.

Q: Why is biking relevant to sustainability?

A: Some background.  Think of a bike ride in Worthington in terms its purpose(s): 1) to ride for the sole purpose of riding (recreational) or 2) to ride to get to a specific destination where you'll do something (destinational, also called active transportation), or 3) both.

Whether for recreation or for destination, biking makes Worthington more sustainable because biking strengthens our community, in many ways.  Destinational biking improves sustainability more than recreational biking; but either kind is more sustainable than taking a motorized vehicle to go places in Worthington (OK, there are exceptions, but they are just that - exceptions).  Here is a short, and incomplete, list of ways biking may improve sustainability compared to driving or riding in a motorized vehicle: improves rider's health, increases social and environmental connections, decreases pollution, decreases road maintenance, decreases rider's energy consumption costs, decreases space set aside for parking vehicles.  Of course, walking is even more sustainable than biking, but walking to many "destinations" in Worthington is not possible because many people do not live within (their) walking distance of such destinations, but, they do live within biking distance.

Q: Where are bike racks located within Worthington?

A: We're glad you asked,...because Sustainable Worthington has created an interactive, online map showing all bike racks within Worthington.  Here is the map of bike racks in Worthington .