Bike, walk, carpool, transit – drive less, have fun, and save the planet
Sponsoring cities in 2010:
Mountain View, Palo Alto, Burlingame, Menlo Park
City Manager Glen Rojas
My experience with the Driveless Challenge was a positive one. Even though i was not able to walk or bike every day I believe the experience did heighten my awareness to reduce my driving. The main obstacles for me were scheduled meetings that I had to attend that did not provide a very good opportunity to walk or [...]
Shuttle driver rides the bus and cycles safely
I rode (trolley) buses and walked all my life, and so I do now. I mean, I drive to my parents and for shopping. But I normally ride a bus to work: VTA #22 and SamTrans ##280 / 281 /297.
By the way, I am a bus driver myself; work for PCA, drive Caltrain shuttle, “Marsh road”, in Menlo Park. [...]
How City Council Member and former Mayor Andy Cohen is driving less
Andy Cohen’s busy lifestyle requires a fair amount of driving. Civic activities in San Francisco and around the Bay Area, such as the Association for Bay Area Governments Conference, Redwood City Arts Council and the Tech Museum in San Jose required over 200 miles of driving during the week.
Andy was able to reduce driving alone by carpooling with Mayor Heyward [...]
Challenges of “Real World”
As Vice Mayor, nothing would please me more than displaying a tremendous reduction in solo car trips and car reliance over this week.
I believe I am the classic mid-market target in the green movement. I work a job in a different city, have two children who do not bike yet and I juggle schedules of daily life as does everyone.
The [...]
City Manager
I took the driveless challenge starting Wednesday April 22 by driving to work because I was not fully ready to start the challenge outside my normal routine. But on Thursday April 23 I broke the routine and walked to work. Even though only a mile or so walk it was very different. Always in a hurry, [...]
