Matt Nash's column today (linked below) lays out a simple, sustainable plan for biking to work and back, one that I've utilized to greater and lesser extent since about 1999. As with other such plans -- for instance, buying local -- it mustn't be about 100% achievement or nothing at all. Part-time is better than no time at all.
For me, the goal this year is to acquire a wagon/trailer for use with my bicycle, and to use it to deliver beer; if not a ful keg, at least 1/6 barrels. Then, with a bicycle built to deliver beer, I can begin reversing the situation described in this excerpt from the New York Times in 1896:
Here is Matt's piece.
NASH: Celebrating national bike month, by Matt Nash (News and Tribune)
About this time In 2008, when gas prices were nearing historic levels, I decided to make a few changes in my life. It was spring and the weather was starting to get nice, so I decided that I would try to ride a bicycle to work a few days a week to save a little money.
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The Fellowship of the Wheel welcomes you back to the streets. Let me know which day(s) you might be up for a spin (like we did after marketing meetings on Wednesdays s few years back).
Also, Jackie Greene has a neat trailer he uses to move inventory between his various bike shops. Between him and those Dutch cargo bikes, you should be able to work out a business-friendly rig.
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