Bike, walk, carpool, transit – drive less, have fun, and save the planet




Sponsoring cities in 2010:

Mountain View, Palo Alto, Burlingame, Menlo Park

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But if you must drive a gas-powered car

But if you must drive a gas-powered car

• Properly inflate your tires
• Drive at 55 mph or less
• For your next vehicle, select one that gets the highest number of miles per gallon possible
* Link your trips so that you avoid cold starts and reduce emissions
* Plan ahead and carpool with at least one other person whenever possible.
* Find someone to carpool to work with via http://rideshare.511.org/

Find out about ridersharing opportunities!

Here are a few useful web sites for finding ridesharing options in our region:
• zimride.com
• 511.org ridesharing
• eRideShare
• and be sure to check with your employer!

Carpooling anyone???

Hi. My name is Valerie.
I am now needing to carpool to san jose and that means on the weekends too… during the week I go from 6-10 pm. and sat and sun from 8-5 suddenly.
Does anyone feel the need to carpool like that???
Valerie 408-720-0733 ???
This post was submitted by valerie.wisdomful@gmail.com.

Car Pool to Wine Tasting

Car Pool to Wine Tasting

I car pooled with a colleague from Los Altos to Menlo Park for a Wine Industry trade event. We were delighted to be able to save gas. In the photo,Tony visits with superbowl winning ex-football player Terry Hoage, now a Paso Robles wine maker.

This post was submitted by Nancy Schwartz, nhs1973@pacbell.net.

Drive Less Challenge Launch Day

Hi, all,
Thanks so much for your patience during a bumpy launch day for the Drive Less Challenge. Over the course of the day, people experienced a number of problems that have been addressed:
* Performance problems that were worst in the morning but intermittent throughout the day
* Technical problems with Facebook login
* A bug that made it impossible to create [...]