More people riding their bikes than driving their cars?

[Aggie_Ama]

DH and I started commuting this year and we do a hybrid commute like Pscycle. We park at a grocery store halfway between work and home then ride 12-14 miles to work. By doing this we cut the bill on his Dodge Ram to $50/week or half a tank. We are filling up my car every 7 days instead of every 5 days. And in a few months we will realize the savings of pushing the timing of oil changes back, we had been changing on miles but should be changing on months now. Our commuters will probably pay for themselves by the end of the year. We are shooting for three days a week but have only made it two so far. It is an adjustment getting up 40 minutes earlier but well worth it.

I am the only bike commuter at my job even though many employees live within a 5 mile radius. Everyone who finds out I commute thinks I am crazy. I just tell them how much money I am saving and how much fun I am having doing it. You can just see the jealousy when I say $50 a week is saved.

I notice a lot of people riding with back packs. I do believe there is a lot of new commuters. Also our buses are experiencing a spike in ridership. In Texas mass transit is not a thing people have used in the past.

[kiwi girl]

Its happening down here too. On Monday morning at one set of lights I stopped at riding in to work there were 6 cyclists at that one stop - and its winter here and it was 0 degrees celcius at the time.

I've really noticed that there hasn't been the normal winter drop off in cycle commuters this year.

NZ $2 a litre might be the tipping point for a lot of people.

[obie]

Noticed here, too (Boston/Cambridge/Somerville). Yesterday was absolutely gross - mid-90s and HUMID - and as I rode into Boston for the Sox game, I have never ever ever seen so many people on bikes commuting back out of town. At every intersection there were 5-10. It was unbelievable! Especially because it was so gross out; I would have thought that lots of new commuters (and plenty of veteran commuters) would be turned off by the sweat and heat.

And as for buses, I was stuck behind one today on the ride in, and I was amazed to see how many people were getting on.

Things are changing!

[Aggie_Ama]

They are breaking new ground on a grocery store one mile from my house, sounds like a good excuse to get one of these. Right now the closest store is a 10 mile bike ride.

[PscyclePath]

They are breaking new ground on a grocery store one mile from my house, sounds like a good excuse to get one of these. Right now the closest store is a 10 mile bike ride.

Grocery-bag panniers would probably be a better investment... I tried tooling around with one of these tricycles a couple of weeks ago when we were helping out with an event at the local bike rental place. It just felt wierd, and wobbly...

A good set of panniers will hold about as much and the bike will likely be easier for you.

And yep... it's 15 miles from my little abode to the nearest grocery store of any sort.

Tom

[Trek420]

It just felt wierd, and wobbly...

Wobbly? I would think it would feel stable yet slower

There's a grocery store mmmm, 3 blocks from me. More of my neighbors walk there now, walk back with the carts leave the carts in the green space round here.

I get a sprint workout. Like last night ran 4 carts out to the sidewalk so the guy who picks up "escaped carts" can find them

[Aggie_Ama]

A good set of panniers will hold about as much and the bike will likely be easier for you.

Well my commuter bike is a road bike and is comfortable with a moderate load but not sure about groceries.

Maybe I can get a BOB trailer and connect it to my mountain bike? My husband thinks I am crazy but my real reason is I want to park near the exit.

[Tuckervill]

The middle school near here has a bunch of bikes, and I helped with a race they had on Field Day. Two of the bikes are trikes like that one, for kids who need them. Apparently no one who actually needs the trikes actually rides them. Two boys hopped on and did the entire race with one rear wheel cocked up off the ground! Needless to say they were very slow, but they were having the BEST time, and I wanted to try it, but I was afraid to "go there" and get in trouble with the other adults. lol.

Karen

[bikerHen]

Well my commuter bike is a road bike and is comfortable with a moderate load but not sure about groceries.

Maybe I can get a BOB trailer and connect it to my mountain bike? My husband thinks I am crazy but my real reason is I want to park near the exit.

A+ recomendation for a BOB trailer. I got one for christmas and have been using it to haul all sorts of things. I got an "atta girl" for beating the cost of gas, from an elderly gentleman as I was loading BOB up at the grocery store on Monday.

And . . . I saw four bike commuters on my way home yesterday. That's three more than I have ever seen on my commutes! bikerHen

[Becky]

Maybe I can get a BOB trailer and connect it to my mountain bike? My husband thinks I am crazy but my real reason is I want to park near the exit.

Get the BOB! We love ours! We just did a grocery store run with it the other night, and packed so much stuff into it. They're building a grocery store that's right on our commute home from work. This time next year, we'll be able to take the BOB to work one day a week and shop on our way home. (Though I don't know how well ice cream will fare...)

[Melalvai]

They are breaking new ground on a grocery store one mile from my house, sounds like a good excuse to get one of these. [picture of trike]

Or get a trailer.

[surgtech1956]

The other day we were on the expressway and passed this one exit where there is a I call it a 'park and ride' - where people leave their cars to carpool, the lot was packed with at least 30 cars. Over the years the most I've seen there were maybe 5-6 cars.