Joe's not an environmentalist, he just likes saving $700 monthly!

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Joe Shelton, part of a three-"man" team patrolling by bicycle today as part of a Main Street Community Improvement District effort, told us during a mid-day stop that he hasn't had a car in two years. But it's not because he's an environmentalist.

"I just like saving $700 a month, without a car payment, insurance gas, everything else," he said.

Shelton and the others ride 20 or 25 miles a day, on a route that takes in area between 27th and 47th streets on the north and south, and the "commercial area" on either side of Main Street.

At home, Joe has four bikes of his own, and though he lives downtown, he's been known to ride to another job of his at Independence Center, making it "about a 90 minute ride."

"But I'm not saying we need to save trees or anything," he said.