Beneficios sobre la salud derivados del uso de la bicicleta, frente a la contaminación ambiental y la pandemia SARS CoV-2. Revisión bibliográfica

Abstract

The SARS CoV-2 pandemic has provided an opportunity to show the importance of bikes use in society due to the social, economic and environmental impacts attributed to it. Being the ideal means of transport in the sustainable development of cities. Thus, the objective of the present work focuses on analyzing the health benefits derived from the use of bicycles in the pandemic (SARSCoV-2) and its effect on environmental pollution. For this purpose, a bibliographic search of several documents published between 2010 and 2020 has been carried out, including scientific articles, newspaper articles, theses, books and websites of local, national and global organizations. Using Mendeley and Scribbr to filter, organize and structure the information. The analysis of the information was based on three parameters: critical reflection, frequency of occurrence of words in a text and co-citation analysis. Among the results, during the pandemic time, the use of bikes became more important with an increase 700%, used mainly for transportation and physical activity, improving cardio respiratory capacity. Particulate matter (PM) pollution has been reduced by up to 12% with the cessation of vehicular traffic and industry. Cycle-inclusive policies will condition the permanence and success of bicycle use over time (post pandemic).