Smart Trips, Power Trips

Hey, there's a (sort of) new organization in town, called Smart Trips.
www.smart-trips.org (don't forget the dash between smart and trips.)

It's the result of a merger between the St Paul and Midway TMOs.

Smart Trips is concentrating its efforts on residents in the Summit-University area right now,
trying to help people explore transit options, encouraging bicycling, busing, car pooling, that sort of thing. They also "offer employers consulting services to identify, develop, and support a variety of employee transportation options."

Check it out in your spare time!

And while we're talking about trips,
how about those power trips?

Not the big-head kind,
no, I'm talking about trips where you power yourself to your destination.
Think about it.
There used to be "riding" a horse.
Then there was "motoring" but hmmm, not so attractive a term, so that became "driving" a car.
Nowadays you might hear people talk about "driving" a bicycle.
That's ok, sometimes that means following the road rules just like a car.

But I think "powering" is good.
It takes muscle power and brain power to safely operate a bicycle.
And "powering" sounds, hey, powerful.

I think I'll be powering around town tomorrow, how about you?