Good News for Commuters
I could not have been happier when I saw the newspaper today. The two main articles on the front page excited me and brought back my faith in the human race.
The first headline was what caught my eye: “Light-Rail Vote Advances.” I was instantly absorbed in the details about light rail being added on the ballot in November. I had heard that they were considering it, but they didn’t think they would have a proposal ready in time. Fortunately, the public opinion here is strongly in favor of it, so they pulled it together.
It’s such a change from living in Texas, where they spent so much on new overpasses on a 4-mile stretch of the Loop that the funding would have paid for a light rail system across the entire city. When I heard those statistics, I was disgusted. It’s things like that which speak volumes about the character of a city and its government.
Then, my eye quickly skipped down to a photo caption: “Two-Wheeled Travel.” Noting the helmet in the picture, I expected to fold open the paper and see an article on motorcycles.
Instead, I giggled with joy as I saw a little red Vespa and read the headline: “Scooter commuters on the rise!”
The writer really did his homework. Right down the side of the teaser, there were four little scooter icons next to a comparison of price, fuel economy, and top speed. The very first one was a Kymco People.
Granted, they showed the stats of the People 50-cc and not the bigger ones like we have, but the set of scooters they picked was a pretty decent sampling. Along with the Kymco, there was a Yamaha Vino, a Vespa LX, and a Suzuki Burgman.
I bet the article will convince a few people to try out scooters. You get to conserve gas while enjoying an extremely enjoyable ride, as we have discovered. And what’s better than the combination of affordable fun and environmental friendliness?
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