Commuters will try nearly anything nowadays to save.

Here are some alternative routes employees have taken to save money, and some interesting suggestions for those of you looking to do the same:

1. Scoot along. A Texas man rides a bamboo-covered electric scooter to work every morning. He even charges it with wind-generated energy. What the motor scooter lacks in style, it makes up in mileage: A Vespa gets 75 miles per gallon — nearly twice as much as even the most fuel efficient car.
2. With a paddle. If you live next to a river, why not glide to work every day in a kayak? A Pennsylvania native takes the Allegheny River to work each morning — 40 minutes each way. Plus, there’s no traffic, unless you count the fish.
3. Drive a moving billboard. A Los Angeles woman’s company pays her $500 a month plus the cost of gas to drive to work. All she had to do was transform her car into an advertisement on wheels for Jobing.com, an online recruiting company. She’s not alone: Sixty percent of her co-workers do the same.
4. Bicycle without pedaling. One man turned his 10-speed into an electric bike for $400 — pretty cheap when you consider the price of petroleum these days. It’s speedy: The bike hits 27 mph.
5. Over the snow. A Pittsburgh man blazes his own trail to work and back every day from December to March on his cross-country skis. If only it snowed year round.
6. Be your own pilot. Tired of paying outrageous airfare for his business travel, one man earned his pilot’s license and purchased his own plane. That investment should pay itself off one day. Hopefully by the time he retires.

Do you have a very alternative commute? Maybe you ride the local submarine to work? Let us know in the comments section below.

Tags: Advertising, Airfare, Alternate transportation, Commutes, Gas prices, Top Ten