I've never seen another commuter but part of my route is a mapped route of the Austin Cycling Association so I sometimes see folks out for a "joy ride."
Today, however, one of the students in the tutoring lab at community college overheard me talking about riding a bike. He lives in the neighborhood behind my campus and did not know that there's a safe and short way for him to ride to school rather than get out on the horrendous highway. So I drew him a map and he was very excited. He's a "nontraditional" student (meaning "old"
) and his wife needs the car on Saturdays when he has a class. So we will now have a new commuter!
