Car-to-Bicycle Commute Savings
Estimate how much fuel money and CO2 you can save each year, and how many calories you'll burn, by replacing your car commute with a bicycle.
Input
Estimate how much fuel cost and CO2 you could save, and how many extra calories you'd burn, by switching your car commute to a bicycle. Adjust the distance, fuel economy and prices to match your own situation.
Result
Estimated annual fuel cost savings
$41,066.67
CO2 reduced
544 kg
Extra calories burned
83,776 kcal
Annual distance
3,520 km
Breakdown (estimate)
| Annual distance | 3,520 km |
| Fuel saved | 234.7 L |
| Fuel cost saved | $41,066.67 |
| CO2 reduced | 544.4 kg |
| Time spent cycling | 195.6 hr |
| Extra calories burned | 83,776 kcal |
How it works
- Annual distance is calculated as one-way distance x 2 (round trip) x commuting days per year. Adjust the days and distance to reflect your real commute.
- Fuel saved is annual distance divided by fuel economy, and fuel cost saved is fuel saved multiplied by the fuel price.
- CO2 reduction uses a representative figure of about 2.32 kg-CO2 per liter of gasoline. Actual emissions vary by vehicle and driving conditions.
- Calories burned are estimated as METs (about 6.8) x body weight (kg) x riding time (hr) x 1.05, where riding time is the distance divided by your average cycling speed.
- Fuel prices, emission factors and other reference values differ by country and region, so use the figures here as rough guidance and enter values that match where you live.
- All figures assume the entire car commute is replaced by cycling. If you switch only part of your commute, the savings scale down proportionally.
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