BI KYKLOS: A Bicycle Journal: 4 Metro Cyclists Down

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

http://minnesotaindependent.com/10798/i-am-traffic-four-metro-cyclists-struck-and-killed-this-month#comment-13257

See the link above for the story...how effective are ghost bikes?

It is truly not that dangerous to comute by bike...

2011 monthly mileage totals (2880 miles total)

January - 76 miles

February - 100 miles

March - 165 miles

April - 290 miles

May - 345 miles

June - 275 miles

July - 340 miles

August - 330 miles

September - 280 miles

October - 325 miles

November - 220 miles

December - 135 miles

Living a Less-Car Life

I accept the automobile as a mode of transportation although it should be used sparingly. My goal is to use a "Less-Car lifestyle."

With kids, a job and a no-so-liveable community it can be difficult to follow a One-Less-Car lifestyle. But my goal is to live my life with as little use of my car as possible - a Less-Car Lifestyle.

I am keeping track of how much I ride my bike to not only curb my own unsustainable lifestyle, but to show others that they can have a much more fulfilling life by choosing alternatives.