When I began biking to work almost 10 years ago one of first things I noticed was how many cars only had one occupant. I think you probably notice this when you're commuting via automobile, but you don't see that many cars because you're moving with traffic--when you're on a bike you see hundreds of cars during a typical commute and the wastefulness of our daily commuting system really hits home .
I hadn't given this much thought over the past few years, but while waiting at Panera Tuesday morning to embark on the BIKE BUS I watched at least 100 cars pass by, all containing just one occupant.
I started thinking......each of these cars is designed to carry at least 5 passengers--so if there's only one person in them they are operating at 20% of capacity. That means at least 80% of the fossil fuel being used and 80% of the CO2 and other emissions are being used/emitted for no purpose! Does this make any sense? (That's a rhetorical question.)
While biking to work yesterday I saw a mess at the corner of Hudson and High where a vehicle, probably an auto (certainly not a bicycle!) plowed into and demolished the newstands.
I hopped off my bike to take this photo and as I was preparing to leave I saw four pennies neatly stacked on the curb--I'd like to know the story behind that.
On the way home I snapped this photo of a young family walking along High Street in Clintonville. I really liked the baby's Outback-style hat. His parents said his name is "Fox" after X Files.
I biked in this morning with Jim, a young designer at OSU. He's been biking to work from his home in Worthington for 3 years and loves it! Like me, he used to use the Olentangy bike path, but now rides High Street because it's a more direct route. I'm seeing lots more bikes on High Street--we've got a ways to go to catch Portland and Minneapolis, but we're moving in the right direction!
Consider that the first of your house alarm tips; signs alone will not stop a professional thief.
Posted by: site | October 05, 2011 at 03:11 AM