Go America!
We’re learning how to drive less! CNN reports:
Overall, Americans drove 53.2 billion fewer miles November through June than they did over the same eight-month period a year earlier, according to the highway agency’s latest monthly report on driving. That’s a larger decline than the 49.3 billion fewer miles driven by Americans over the entire decade of the 1970s, a period marked by oil embargoes and gas lines, the agency said.
Americans drove 12.2 billion fewer miles this June than in last June.
It’s a start! Read the rest here.
I think I’ll walk to the grocery store tonight. And use my reusable bags (which are worth every penny…you should check them out!).
Have you replaced any of your driving-errands with walking-errands lately?
Sarah Rosenthal
Orange-Element.com
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August 14th, 2008 at 8:50 am
The company I work for gave out canvas grocery bags as a “green” initative and I was suprised when a lot of my co-workers didn’t want them. I quickly offered to take them and now have four reusable shopping bags. I also moved downtown and walk everywhere I can (like the grocery store using the canvas bags) or ride my bike when it is far away. The benefit of city living is that everything (just about) you need is within walking or biking distance as long as you live at a relaxed pace.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I’m not a city dweller but I can walk to the cleaners and chinese take out from my house and I do every time I need either one! I also have some sweet carpooling buddies that keep me company on the drive to work!