New Yorkers Save $19 Billion a Year Using Sustainable Transportation - Green Living Ideas

New Yorkers Save $19 Billion a Year Using Sustainable Transportation

Posted on May 03, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

$19 billion each year is no small change, not even for New York City. Residents of the Big Apple save at least this much each year due to the simple fact that they drive less than Americans living in other cities. In addition to being good for the environment and people’s health, bicycling, riding transit and walking are clearly good for people’s pocketbooks as well.

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Back to School Transportation: Walk, Carpool, Bike, or Bus?

Posted on Sep 03, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

It’s back to school time, with many districts already well underway and other schools just beginning their academic years.  Each year, families make decisions on how best to transport their children to and from school based upon financial and scheduling concerns, but how many families consider the carbon footprint of their child’s pathways from home to school?  Here’s a low down on the most popular methods of getting to school:
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Greening Public Transportation

Posted on Oct 21, 2007 by GLI Editors.

For those you looking to get away from the polluting, petroleum-dependent, greenhouse gas-emitting, sprawl-inducing automobile, there is no urban alternative more pervasive than public transportation.  Public transportation, also known as mass transit, public transit and public transport, moves groups of people around in urban areas, and it’s difficult to imagine an environmentally-conscious city lifestyle without public transportation.
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