There is no other explanation as to how I would have finished second in The Tribune’s not-super-scientific test of downtown transit options — scooters, bikes, trains, car share and a brisk walk.
I came in looking like a champion — although maybe not to the same extent as government reporter Ben Wood, who rode GreenBike and showed up decked out like he’d just finished the Tour de France and, I assume, a monthslong regimen of blood doping and performance-enhancing drugs.
I would be riding a Lime scooter, and I sported a glittery root beer-colored motorcycle helmet (safety first!