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Transportation

Reduce imperviousness

Reduce reliance upon automobiles

Live near work - Living close to work saves time in the commute and offers more choices from car to public transit to biking or walking.

Tele-work - The famous information superhighway can increasingly serve to reduce the strain upon physical roadways.

Drive wisely - Driving patterns have much to do with fuel efficiency and emissions, check out this DOE web site for more details: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/drive.shtml#top.

Invest in efficiency - New vehicles, such as hybrids (http://www.ott.doe.gov/hev/ or NRDC's hybrid page http://www.nrdc.org/earthsmartcars/carhyb.html) or hypercars (http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid386.asp) offer significant improvements in efficiency, thereby reducing emissions and operating costs.

Use public transit - Getting out of the car often requires little more than exploring the options and can turn time behind the wheel into time with a friend or a good book.

Combine errands - Plotting to accomplish errands while en route reduces trips taken, miles driven, and time wasted.

Rideshare - Carpools, vanpools and other forms of sharing the ride not only reduce congestion and VMT, but save money and stress.

Demand equitable investment in transportation - Driving is heavily subsidized from road taxes to free parking. Comparable levels of investment in other parts of our transportation system, from buses to biking, would dramatically reduce congestion, pollution, VMT, and improve the regional economy as well.

Bike/Walk - Use the trip to the store or the commute to work as an alternative to the gym; these time-honored ways of getting around also allow renewed appreciation of one's local neighborhood and community.

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