Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by driving less. Transportation is the biggest contributor to global warming in Seattle and the state of Washington. If everybody in the city drove 2,000 fewer miles a year, we would meet our climate goals by 2012. Here are 40 ideas to help save the planet and change the way you go:
- Walk
- Bike
- Roller blade
- Skateboard
- Scooter
- Bus
- Light rail
- Streetcar
- Sounder Commuter rail
- Monorail
- Amtrak
- Ferry
- Watertaxi
- Vanpool
- Carshare
- Employer’s shuttle bus
- Combine trips
- Eliminate trips
- Telework
- Teleshop
- Compressed work week
- Taxi
- Form a walking school bus
- Sell one of your cars—or your only car
- Find a carpool partner on Rideshareonline
- Find a bike buddy on Rideshareonline
- Sign up for Cut a Couple Car Trips
- Sign up for the One Less Car Challenge
- Take a pledge to bike more
- Join Zipcar so you can leave your car at home
- Add OneBusAway to your mobile device
- Walk to the store
- Grow your own food and herbs and reduce the number of trips to the store
- Subscribe to the “Way to Go” newsletter for tips and tools to drive less
- Inspire a friend to walk, bike or use transit
- Travel in a way you’ve never traveled before (e.g. ride the streetcar, bike along Elliot Bay, take a train ride to Vancouver or Portland)
- Combine exercise with an errand
- Go to the library. Choose a book. Bring book on bus. Read book.
- Get a job closer to home
- Find a way other than driving alone to get to Summer Street events