From the Department of the Bleedin' Obvious

[DryRob]

Why commuting by motorcycle is good for everyone.

Motorcycle riders don’t just save themselves time and money, they do the same for car drivers, and they also help to reduce the emissions of cars.

Well, this is a surprise, isn't it, boys and girls? Commuting by bike takes up less space, uses less fuel, causes less congestion and means you get there quicker! Who would have thunk it?

Of course there's a need to use the proper safety gear (and, preferably, get yourself some Advanced Training too ) but this is just saying what every two-wheel user has known pretty much since traffic levels started increasing.

This is true but it's good to have quantitative data to point to when you are putting any argument across. It appears that this study was also independent of bike pressure groups so increases the validity of the conclusions. It was presented at a motorbike conference though so maybe not so independent.

Presentation linky: http://www.acem.eu/publiq/8.Conference_Leuven_study.pdf
Conference linky: http://www.acem.eu/cms/2012_conference.php