Comments on: D.C. Commuters Go Car Free http://thecityfix.com/blog/d-c-commuters-go-car-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=d-c-commuters-go-car-free Sustainable Urban Mobility Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:47:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: david http://thecityfix.com/blog/d-c-commuters-go-car-free/comment-page-1/#comment-95513 david Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:49:35 +0000 http://dc.thecityfix.com/?p=1913#comment-95513 The real effort will be to get people to make non-commute trips by transit or using their own power. Work trips are habitual, regularly occurring along a known route. Getting people to take other modes for work reduces congestion but does not reduce energy consumption or green house gas emissions. Shopping and recreation trips take place at all sort of hours, on weekends and often involve unfamiliar routes. I would like to see more focus -- public events -- celebrating changes in these trips. The real effort will be to get people to make non-commute trips by transit or using their own power. Work trips are habitual, regularly occurring along a known route. Getting people to take other modes for work reduces congestion but does not reduce energy consumption or green house gas emissions.

Shopping and recreation trips take place at all sort of hours, on weekends and often involve unfamiliar routes. I would like to see more focus — public events — celebrating changes in these trips.

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