This year was the first year I started to bike commute to work, I've averaged 2 days a week since starting in May. Over the past month, I've noticed a lot more bikes and commuters along my route and part of me wonders is it that I am just more aware of them since I am one or am I really seeing an increase in riders. In the past years, along my driving route I would occasionally see one or two but on days I drive it seems I'm seeing more. Last week on my ride home in the first 1/2 mile before I get to my main MUP I had three riders in front of me and one behind me. On the 1 1/2 miles of a popular MUP I saw between 10 to 15 (not all commuters) when I normally only see maybe 5 or so.

Last Thursday my daughter was volunteering and the library so after dropping her off I decided to go for a walk and walked over to the MUP that I use for part of my commute. As I walked I couldn't help but notice the number of bicyclist out and at one location near a new restaurant that just opened, I counted 16 bikes locked up at the bike racks. Yesterday I had a business meeting at a coffee shop along the MUP and we sat outside the steady flow of bike riders in a 45 minute span was surprising. All of this was making me wonder if bike riding and bike commuting is really gaining in popularity.