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.