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Buses, bicycles, van pools can get you to work
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BY TIM DOULIN
High gas prices and a tight economy are pushing commuters out of their comfort zone behind the wheel of their car, pickup truck or sport-utility vehicle. For some, the alternative to driving alone to work is a big step, a sometimes scary one. But those interviewed who have made the jump are sold on leaving the car behind.
If it has been awhile since you’ve ridden the bus, or you never have, go to www.cota.com and check out “New Riders” and “Riding COTA.” It tells you all you need to know about riding the bus.
Jeff Stephens, executive director of Consider Biking, a bicycling advocacy group in Columbus, said: “I would encourage people to take that old bike out of the garage and tidy it up a bit or to go to a shop where you can get something that fits you and is safe.”
For new riders uncomfortable in traffic and unfamiliar with the rules of the road, the Ohio Department of Transportation provides a booklet called “Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts.”
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On the way into work, I thought of a great social idea… a $3.50 day pass venue crawl!
Have everyone meet at a certain timepoint, and then all ride the buses together to various places around town. Make a day of it!
Anyway… much love for COTA. God bless ‘em ;D and the people that ride.
I’m down with that. Nothing beats drinkin’ and bussin’. ;)
I would like to start a CU vote to change the default image for bike related article. I am yet to see a local cyclist on one of those fly machines.
sorry my 2 cents. lol
How about I switch it over to the photo of you ramping up the tree on your BMX? Everyone should be doing stuff like that on their commute to work!
:D
I think most of the folks on the bus have been playing that game for decades!
Had lunch today with a friend who now bikes 15 miles to work one way and she is the LAST person I would have expected that from.
Tell me more. Is she married? 8)
Poised to be married.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BY TIM DOULIN
Don Davis has noticed the 35-mile commute between his home in Hebron in Licking County and his job Downtown takes a little less time nowadays.
In the past, it took the 37-year-old state employee an hour or more to commute home in his Chevy Malibu on I-70. In recent weeks, it has taken only 45 minutes, and that’s at the height of rush hour.
“I hope it stays that way. It makes my life a lot easier,” Davis said.
But will the highways return to their same crowded state in a week or two when summer vacations end and school buses and more commuters rejoin the highway flow?
Maybe not. It might be that high gas prices have encouraged commuters to try other rides.
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New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road
[color=darkblue:f5701a73a4]The rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving up demand for bike safety classes.
By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the August 25, 2008 edition
San Francisco - Like many Americans, Tara Collins hadn’t bicycled much since middle school. That changed this year when she started paying $50 to fill up her gas tank.
Since early July Ms. Collins has been biking to her job in San Francisco. Now she’s sitting in Bert Hill’s bicycle safety course – along with 31 others – after a close shave with a van.
“When that happened I thought, ‘Wow, there probably are things I could learn about safety,’ ” says Ms. Collins. “I haven’t been on a bike in years, and even when I did, it wasn’t in traffic.”
Find this article at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0825/p01s01-usec.htmlÂ