Bicycles and colleges are a good fit. Students that commute to class by bike save money on campus parking tags, gas & auto insurance, plus the need to hunt for a parking space is eliminated too.

Here are 2 news stories from today about bike trails that are making it safer to commute to universities and even elementary schools by bicycle.

Finally, path to UMC is a reality
A new bike trail is being built at the University of Minnesota at Crookston to help students to commute on and off campus.

The Outsider: Third Street Bike Path
With over 500 miles of bike routes and paths, Tucson, Arizona is one of the USA's leading cities when it comes to bicycling as a transportation alternative. Case In Point: Tucson's Third Street Bike Path takes riders to the University of Arizona and is also being used by local elementary schools as a premiere safe route to school.