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Coming soon to Salina: The bus stops here
An opportunity to hook up with traveling family members brought me to Boulder, Colo., for a few days recently.
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Much has changed. Kansas State's football has improved, Colorado's football has worsened, and you can't get to Boulder by train anymore.
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There were bicycles in front of me, bicycles behind me, bicycles to the right of me, bicycles to the left of tri county opportunity loan programs illinois me, and on one particular morning, a bicycle underneath me.
For a couple of hours, I had gone native.
Astride my rental steed, I pedaled up Boulder Creek trail, a paved thoroughfare that even at that early hour was crowded with walkers, joggers, and, of buying opportunity for ultrashort financial course, other cyclists.
This tree-lined, narrow ribbon of pavement runs from one end of town to vancouver bc unix opportunity the other, dipping under streets so there are no lights to wait for or traffic to dodge. But bikers don't confine themselves to this dedicated path. They brave busy city streets on which they obey local traffic laws and appear to have the respect of motorists who probably are bikers themselves.
Even Boulder's public transit system caters to bicycles. More than once I saw cyclists muscling their bikes either on or off city buses.
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Salina has needed a public transportation system for some time, and although the service will cater to a sizable riding public, buses are so 20th century.
If pizza franchise business opportunity Boulder kitsap business opportunity is, in fact, the trend-setting municipality it wants us all to believe it is, then Salinans can foresee a day when our fair city becomes a more bicycle-friendly place.
If it does, of course, no one will ever confuse us with Boulder, not with the Rockies as a backdrop. The best we can do is Indian Rock, but only if you're standing in the east part of town. This is one reason more people prefer Boulder, and why, low cost franchise business opportunity despite its buses and bicycles, smog hangs over the city like a wad of brown gauze.
Even Boulder has a way to go.
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