Burning calories can be a real pleasure on trails like Vermont's Island Line Rail-Trail.
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Why is the pledge important?

Global climate change and the national obesity epidemic frequently make headlines but are rarely seen as linked. However, these problems have a common driver: heavy dependence on automobile use over healthy walking and biking. The relationship is clear:

In the last half-century, our communities have been designed around the automobile. In many places this reliance has made walking and biking difficult and even dangerous.
 
By taking the Burn Calories, Not Carbon!™ pledge, you commit to walk the walk and you're sending a message to political leaders that Americans deserve the choice to walk and bike for everyday travel. Together, we can form a positive "energy equation":

Personal benefits of Burn Calories, Not Carbon!™:

• Save money (gas, parking, insurance, maintenance, depreciation)
• Save time on short trips, especially in densely developed areas
• Feel better and live longer
• Have more fun and less stress by opting out of congestion
• Meet your neighbors and others in your community
• Reduce your personal carbon footprint

Major benefits of active transportation are: increased mobility, reduced pressure on the global climate, improved public health and enriched economic development.