But he's been using his bicycle much more frequently since the pandemic began. But the pandemic is now pushing more people to commute by bicycle in the South American country, where only one city has a subway system and most people still go to work on buses or cars. Bike House, Colombia’s second largest bicycle importer, said that its sales increased by 150% in July. It sells road bikes, mountain bikes, hybrids and even state-of-the-art bikes for time trials that cost as much as a small car. Bogota was already a Latin American leader in bicycle use, registering about 880,000 trips each day before the pandemic.

Source: ABC News September 04, 2020 13:43 UTC