Happy Thanks Digging
24 November, 2008
I had to run to Wal-Mart tonight and I took my wife’s Schwinn Breeze. I was delighted to see crews hard at work on the new FrontRunner South line at 2000 S Orem / 2000 N Provo. Dump trucks were cruising up and down the new line, and men were laying cable. Happy Thanks Digging indeed!
UTA FrontRunner South Construction at 2000 S Orem
It’s nice to see the development unfolding right before my eyes. And it’s a great way to anticipate my next purchase — a folding bike would go quite well with a FrontRunner, don’t you think?
24 November, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Folding bikes go quite well with mass transit. The L.A. mass transit authority (Metro) is working on an incentive program to get more commuters to use folding bikes in combination with mass transit. There thinking is that folding bikes allow more people to use mass transit…
Here’s a link to a story I did on this topic:
ridethisbike.com/2008/10/folding-bikes-mass-transit.html
Larry
24 November, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I love my Bike Friday tikit! I’ve brought it on UTA buses and TRAX already, can’t wait to hop on FrontRunner with it.
Chris.
24 November, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Good to hear from you guys. A folding bike just seems to make so much sense. I recently switched jobs and multi-modal commuting makes a lot more sense than an 80-mile round trip each day.
I’m working a few things out, but until I can move, the folder is the best way to go.
Chris, how well does the tikit travel? Will it fit on one of the UTA express buses? I go out of town from time to time and I was considering a Brompton for its compactness. What are your thoughts?
25 November, 2008 at 7:47 pm
The Bromptons are more compact, but are much much slower to fold or unfold. I can fold mine in probably 5 or 10 seconds – unfolding is even faster. I can fit the tikit in a large airline-legal suitcase (brought it to Utah from Oregon on United).
I’ve never had a problem with the UTA bus, but I’ve only gone multimodal on weekends so far.
We can talk about a bike swap if you’re interested in trying it for a few days.
Chris.