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| First_name |
Steven |
| Last_name |
White |
| Email_address |
swhite@ci.bloomington.mn.us |
| Home_town |
Minneapolis |
| State_orCountry |
Minnesota |
| Commute_distance |
6.7 |
| Trip_units |
Miles |
| Trip_type |
Oneway |
| Years_commute |
1 |
| Months_commute |
3 |
| Commute_profile |
Four or Three Days a week, I am a bike commuter |
| When_commute |
Year Round |
| Date |
Friday, December 27, 2002 |
| Commute_routes |
All but a few blocks is a straight route on a busy four-lane street. I have to cross one freeway, which is a bit of a nuisance since its configuration of right and left turn lanes requires me (if I want to be safe and legal) to be out in the middle of five lanes of traffic for about three block. |
| About_me |
I started commuting by bicycle seriously on September 12, 2001. I decided that if I think we should reduce our dependence on oil, I better be willing to put my money where my mouth is. In 2002 I have managed to ride 100 days in the year. I have built up my capability so that I can ride in the dark, in the rain, and in temperature down to ten degrees. I still am "grounded" if the temperature gets below ten degrees or if the roads are icy. |
| Commute_story |
Many years ago, while I was stopped at a light with two lanes of straight ahead traffic to the left and a right-turn lane on my right, a well-dressed young man in a red sports car stopped in the right-turn lane on my right side and ordered me off the road. I am thinking of carrying laminated pages from the Minnesota drivers manual to pass out in such situations, if they ever happen again. |
| Comments |
If you consider the big picture, with the need to exercise plus the need to get to work, a commute of five to seven miles is actually more efficiently done on a bicycle instead of a car. I like to tell people, "I don't have time to drive to work." |
