Car users should also rejoice - every car left parked in the garage means one less car to battle against in the morning's traffic queues and one more empty parking space to fight for.
Then, of course, there's our country's growing obesity crisis - if more people were encouraged to spend half-an-hour biking to school or work rather than waiting on the bus or in a car for the same length of time in traffic, it would have a huge impact on people's health.
Plus, exercise helps people think better, a bonus for anyone ready to start their work day.
I hope this clever initiative will inspire more people to hang up their keys and don their helmets in years to come.
