Bicycle Girl

Social and historical aspects
The bicycle has had a considerable effect on human society, in both the cultural and industrial realms.
• In daily life
Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed people to travel for leisure into the country, since bicycles were three times as energy efficient as walking and three to four times as fast.