My Families Commitment to Using Alternative Forms of Transportation
I'm proud to say that my husband and I utilize the following alternative forms of transportation as much as possible:
- Bus: Traveling to and from work on a daily basis.
- Bicycle: Riding around town after work hours and to run errands.
- BART: When traveling to the Bay Area.
- Amtrak: Traveling to connect to BART.
By utilizing these alternative forms of transportation, on a daily basis, we were able to eliminate one of our two cars six years ago. This has saved us both money and increased our levels of physical activity, especially when we use our bicycles. Additionally, the availability of public transportation has made it very easy for us to change our dependency on automobiles. By reducing our dependency on cars, my husband and I are doing are part to improve the air quality in our community and improving our overall physical health as well. We plan to continue this practice throughout the rest of our lives.
Hello Angie! It is good to hear that you use many different types of forms of transportation! While living in Davis I also used different forms of transportation like biking, the bus, and trains. I find it very unfortunate that their is on bart in Sacramento I would love to have that cheaper form of transportation to go to the Bay.
ReplyDeleteHi Navleen! Thank you for your comment. I agree that it is unfortunate that Sacramento doesn't have a BART style travel mechanism. I think that if there were more quality public options available to the Sacramento suburban areas people would take advantage of it.
DeleteCongratulations on being able to contribute to the health and safety of others and the environment. I think that if many of us made such sacrifices we would have a better planet to continue to live on. I know many people who utilize BART services because they live in Sacramento but work in the Bay area. It's nice to see that they are not all commuting individually.
ReplyDeleteHi Elesia! Thank you for your comment. I have to admit that it does make it easier to utilize alternative forms of transportation when you don't have children. I'm sure that if my husband and I had children it would be almost impossible to do what we do now.
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