Own and SUV? Still feel like helping clean up the environment? TerraPass has come up with part of the solution. Paying for a yearly TerraPass helps fund the cleanup of CO2 emissions.
Or you can just get around on your bike. Bike Metro maps out your route ala mapquest, but provides bike-friendly directions in addition to calories burned and cost/polution savings by peddling instead of emitting.
while the idea of taking responsibility for your emissions is a good and noble one, at the very least, it still kind of allows the emissions-spouting vehicles a place on the road, just as long as they can somewhat make efforts to clean up their mess. not a very long term solution, but more of a permisive tolerance.
True, it is only part of a solution, and one that only escapes irony if the person with the SUV needs it for some utility purpose and not just for comfort. I think TerraPass is a good idea for builders and farmers and others who need a truck for their livelyhood.
i don't know why carshare doesn't offer large trucks and SUV's. it seems like those types of vehicles are the types of vehicles that should be reserved for specific purposes only. according to the carshare website the only vehicles that they offer are sensible, daily commuters.
i think there are other businesses out there that lease trucks for utility purposes already. and carshare is an urban concept, and thus offering SUV's in their lots kind of taints their goals of keeping those types of vehicles out of the city. not that that is totally possible, but i can see why they would not want to contribute. let the other companies lease trucks and SUV's far more competetively. carshare is going after another niche.
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Or you can just get around on your bike. Bike Metro maps out your route ala mapquest, but provides bike-friendly directions in addition to calories burned and cost/polution savings by peddling instead of emitting.
Sweet. When I pick up those sheets of plywood from the depot, will you help me with your bike?
while the idea of taking responsibility for your emissions is a good and noble one, at the very least, it still kind of allows the emissions-spouting vehicles a place on the road, just as long as they can somewhat make efforts to clean up their mess. not a very long term solution, but more of a permisive tolerance.
SF is looking at the cost of SUV’s to our city streets, with hopes of charging a heavy-vehicle fee, similar to San Mateo County.
True, it is only part of a solution, and one that only escapes irony if the person with the SUV needs it for some utility purpose and not just for comfort. I think TerraPass is a good idea for builders and farmers and others who need a truck for their livelyhood.
i don't know why carshare doesn't offer large trucks and SUV's. it seems like those types of vehicles are the types of vehicles that should be reserved for specific purposes only. according to the carshare website the only vehicles that they offer are sensible, daily commuters.
i think there are other businesses out there that lease trucks for utility purposes already. and carshare is an urban concept, and thus offering SUV's in their lots kind of taints their goals of keeping those types of vehicles out of the city. not that that is totally possible, but i can see why they would not want to contribute. let the other companies lease trucks and SUV's far more competetively. carshare is going after another niche.
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