It's the 2018 Bike vs. Bus vs. Car race. This morning we're gonna have a bus
rider, two bike riders and a car driver race from this bus shelter to City Hall
in downtown Greenville. I'm the car guy and I brought a BMW i8 - a full electric
hybrid car and I'm hoping it's really gonna get me to the finish line first. I
know that bicycling is a large part of the Greenville community so we're
honored to be a part of this and get our bikes out and see how we do. We are raising
awareness about alternate forms of transportation in Greenville because
everyone takes a car but a lot of people don't know it's equally fast to just
take the bus somewhere or you could ride your bike, it's super accessible. From the
starting point on East North Street the race course is two miles to get to City
Hall and the finish line. I'm gonna win. if I lose to the bicycle it's gonna be
tough for me back at work, right? I definitely think I stand a chance.
I think bikes are pretty adaptable and they can kind of squeeze anywhere they
need to, but I feel like the bus is a solid choice. Again, it has a path to
where I need to go and I feel pretty good about it. I'm gonna go with the car. Going with the
BMW. Diesel-powered engine versus a bicyclist? Uh...
I don't know...you take a guess.
Throughout the race course, all of the participants have to follow the rules of
the road just like any normal day, so the car driver has to obey speed limits, stop
at stop signs, red lights. The bike riders have to also stop at stop signs and red
lights, and the bus rider is on a live bus so that bus will have to stop and
pick up any other Greenlink passengers along the route. I think the bike is
definitely gonna be my strongest competition because they can kind of
weave wherever they need to go. They're not gonna have the traffic or the
stoplights really backing them up too much so I think that they'll be strong
competition. I've never been in a race where they had red lights. Oh, look at that! Wow, the bikes are passing me! The bikes passed. I gotta tell you the bikes are
pretty tough. The bikes won last year - they don't have quite the same sort of
traffic that I have to deal with, so...and they can also park much closer to the
finish line so I'm really worried about the bikes. You tend to notice a lot more
on a bicycle rather than being in your car and you see a lot more so maybe just the
pure enjoyment and physical fitness would be probably my biggest reasons for
riding a bicycle.
Yeah, I think it could be an advantage to be taking the bus because the route is
kind of fixed so it's a little more consistent, I think, with traffic, who
knows, there could be stuff in the way of the bike so it could kind of go any way for
the car or the bike, I think, but the bus, I feel, is a solid choice. OK, yeah,
there was this truck parked in the bike lane and we had to pause for a second and go - but we
just went right past it so I feel like the bikers gonna get caught up on that
and I feel like they had the edge to begin with so that might kind of like level the
playing field a little bit. There are a few different ways to get downtown and
just like any other commuter I'm working on the traffic, right? It all depends on
the lights, the traffic, how busy the streets are. We looked at various routes,
tried to find one that's safe and has the least amount of traffic and
hopefully the green lights will be in our favor. All right, so we're making a stop
to pick up some other riders so that's kind of putting us back a little bit but I feel like we can catch back up. Honestly, I don't think I
could go any better or any faster. I don't think there's another route that
would have been better. Yeah. I think we're doing as well as we can do and
we'll just have to see if it's good enough.
Once they get parked, or the bus parks and the car parks in the Poinsett
parking garage, all participants must still walk to City Hall to cross the
finish line. And the bike riders must lock their bikes and walk to the finish
line.
Oh, no! My 'electric strategy' is defeated! Oh, man! Well, maybe it is, I don't know...is there another hybrid? Reserved! Oh, no!
I think it's a great thing. Downtown Greenville's awesome. Fourth fastest-growing
city in America, and this initiative to highlight alternative modes of transportation,
the Earth Day, environment, all of that stuff - BMW is just proud to be
partnered with this initiative. I'm really happy and I'm really satisfied
with it. It was a great race. It was really close and I'm just happy to win
and to even be a part of something like this. This is really cool.
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