Drive Less Challenge is on, Drive Less Challenger tool is live!

It’s Thursday, April 22, Earth Day 2010, and the Drive Less Challenge is on! To get started, click “Take the Challenge.”
The new Drive Less Challenger tool is up and running. You’ll be able to create a profile, set up and join groups, set a personal goal, and track progress, to see how you’re doing and how the whole [...]

Do our actions match what we say? Yale asks

According to a January 2010 study by the Yale Project on Climate Change, Americans’ Actions to Conserve Energy, Reduce Waste, and Limit Global Warming (http://ardwinna.forestry.yale.edu/emailmarketer/link.php?M=1594&N=20&L=15&F=T), there is a significant gap between Americans’ conservation attitudes and their actual behaviors.
Here are some of the Yale study findings related to transportation:

76% say it is important to walk or bike instead of driving, but [...]

Soon to come – new website, Drive Less Challenge tool!

The website is being updated today, Saturday April 17. If things look strange for a bit, don’t worry… it’s all being fixed up!
And in a few days, we’re launching the Drive Less Challenger tool. This will let you log your trips, choose groups to participate with, set a baseline and personal goals, and see how you’re doing compared to [...]

Freiker/Boltage reduces Car Trips in Los Altos

Los Altos School District is the proud participant in a nationwide program to reduce car trips to school. A generation ago, more than 50% of kids within 2 miles rode or walked to school. Today that number is less than 20%; traveling in a private vehicle is the primary means to get to school. Freiker/Boltage (www.boltage.org and www.freiker.org) aims to [...]

Specialized awards Dealer Grant for Drive Less Challenge and Menlo Velo

The Drive Less Challenge, working with Menlo Velo Bicycles, has been awarded a grant from the Specialized Dealer Grant program. The Drive Less Challenge supports the mission of the Specialized Grant program to help dealers that work with community projects to promote bicycles as sustainable transportation.
Menlo Velo Bicycles, located on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, was a prize [...]