Today, July 18, is Motorcycle and Scooter

Ride to Work Day. I know many of us already ride to work but if the weather is cooperating and you don't regularly ride to work; how about riding today? Show others that it can be done, we don't have to be prisoners in a cage.

http://www.ridetowork.org/motorcycle-and-scooter-ride-to-work-day-wednesday-july-18-2007

Motorcycle and Scooter Ride to Work Day is Wednesday, July 18, 2007

This year's sixteenth annual motorcycle and scooter commuting demonstration will increase the number of riders on the road, according to Ride to Work, a non-profit advocacy organization. "Riding to work on this day shows the positive value of motorcycles and scooters for transportation. For many people, riding is an economical, efficient and socially responsible form of mobility that saves energy, helps the environment and provides a broad range of other public benefits," states Andy Goldfine, the event organizer. Motorcycle and scooter enthusiasts and rider organizations worldwide encourage their members to ride to work on this day.

According to the United States Census Bureau and the Department of Transportation, over eighty million cars and light trucks are used for daily commuting on American roads, and about 200,000 motorcycles and scooters are a regular part of this mix. On Ride to Work Day, the practical side of riding becomes more visible as a larger number of America's 8,000,000 cycles are ridden to work.

I keep my Moped at work if I need it, but generally ride by Bicycle to work and back (and I will NOT need it today, so it is all by pedal power today).

...realizing it would take as long to put on the gear as it would to walk to work. :D

So I walked. I'll ride tomorrow, when I go to the other office that's a few more miles.

Usually I'm the only one parked in the motorcycle section of our parking lot. I wondered what all the bikes were doing there wednesday. Now I know.