Cycling for transportation or recreation is one way
to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary behavior,
and lose weight. Cycling also has other benefis such asreducing congestion, air pollution and energy consumption.17 This research shows that bike lanes are well suited
to New Orleans, and that perhaps if more bike lanes
were built, more people would ride bicycles for finess
or fun. Additional lanes should be constructed in other
low-income areas where the disease burden of obesity
is highest. Public health practitioners and city engineers
should consider installation of bike lanes as a means to
improve health outcomes