First off, we'de like to congratulate John Walker who won the Stio Ole Glory Jacket giveaway for posting a commute from Victor, Idaho to Jackson, Wyoming
In Jackson, Wyoming, we are familiar with the commuter lifestyle. Many individuals that make up the community in Jackson do not actually live here mostly due to the cost of real estate. A popular retreat that offers a more affordable option is just over Teton Pass in Victor and Driggs Idaho. Chances are that your community has been designed in a similar fashion.
We like to think that most of us are familier with the problems that we, as a society, face in wake of rising gas prices that coincide with urban sprawl and the design of a individuated transportation infrastructure; but in most cases much of society is unaware. The obvious solution to such a problem is to ask our government to invest in a more community oriented public transportation system. But as of now, private sector profits and special interest have had a much larger influence on the design of the current transportation infrastructure. You might ask, how will this ever change if private sector profits and special interests continue to have such an influence? The answer lies in de commissioning the current transportation system such that it has to evolve in a more sustainable fashion.
How do we do we break down a design that is of no benefit to society to ultimately attain a more sustainable method of travel? Non participation is certainly one of the quickest ways to decentralize power in the process of creating a more desirable and sustainable design. To take the environment and it's people into consideration, we have to first reduce our reliance on a system that does not take that consideration into effect. At backcountryride.com, we don't see our efforts as the ultimate solution to solving our dependency on fossil fuels, but rather a stepping stone to help break the structure up such that more regenerative design models are allowed more of a chance.
At backcountryride.com our commuter board was design to connect people traveling in similar directions, which we believe, is a way whereby we can most drastically cut down on our dependence on vehicle travel. Our commuter board was initially designed in accordance to the popular commute over Teton Pass. Now we realize that this is not just a local initiative, but a national and even international campaign to help mitigate our reliance on fossile fuels. If you live in a community that requires commuting, do your part and connect with people traveling in similar directions. We are doing our best at backcountryride.com to help facilitate that connection.
