8 Survival Skills for Changing Times – Part 3-10

Combining Resources – Part 10: Readings – 4

Background

Your car’s stuck in traffic. You’re late for work again. And on top of everything else, the price of gas has gone up. Why are you doing this to yourself? You could start a ridesharing project at your company. All it takes is a map, a bulletin board, and a few push-pins.

Did You Know

  • Most cars on the road carry only one person. In fact, we have so much extra room in our 140 million cars that everyone in Western Europe could ride in them with us.
  • It has been reported that 50% of the smog in most metropolitan areas is caused by automobile emissions.
  • Commuters spent 2 billion hours stuck in traffic jams last year—and wasted about 3 billion gallons of gas in the process. That’s been estimated at about 5% of our entire annual gasoline use.

What You Can Do

Match up people in your company who live near each other, so they can rideshare. Here’s how:

  • Put up a large map of the surrounding area on a bulletin board. Give each employee a push-pin. Ask each to write his or her name and phone number on a small piece of paper, and pin it on the map to show where each of them lives.
  • List people who live near each other, and distribute the list to your co-workers.
  • Ask your employer to provide incentives to encourage ridesharing. One idea: Give carpoolers free parking spaces, and charge solo commuters a fee to park.

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The Next Step: 50 More Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, The Earthworks Group, Andrews and McMeel, page 63.

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