Transportation

Commute to work by bicycle, if possible, or use an electric bike if distance, terrain or health mandates it. Electric bikes range in price from under $500 to $2,500 and can travel up to twenty-five miles on one charge.

If your errands cover a three-mile radius, leave the car at home and ride your bike. A good backpack or pull cart makes transporting smaller things easy. If you can get to where you're going in twenty minutes or less on foot, walking is a better alternative to driving as well. Use good judgment and bike or walk only where it is safe to do so.

Turn your ignition off when you will be stopped or parked for more than thirty seconds. Idling for more than thirty seconds burns more gas than it takes to restart the engine or than if the car were moving, and thus produces more toxic emissions.