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There are LOTS of ways to reduce your driving — whether to work or for errands and family trips

Check out the Local Motion Links page for access to all sorts of trip planning information to help you reduce car trips.

Ideas to help you drive less:

  • Help your kids learn to take Metro to school.
  • Shop at local merchants — it’s good for your community and good for you.
  • Join or organize a walking school bus group to get your kids to school without driving.
  • Share a ride to regional events as well as work though Metro Rideshare.
  • Set up a carpool group to school, games, team practice or other activities. 
  • Walk to lunch with your co-workers instead of driving.
  • Try Zipcar (formerly Flexcar) — it’s a great way to have an extra car around, but only when you need it.

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There are plenty of good reasons leaving your car at home is good for you — and the neighborhood!

Improving Your Health

  • A sedentary lifestyle has the cardiovascular risk equal to smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
  • Less driving makes it easier to breathe! New research even shows that vehicle tire and brake lining wear produce as much air pollution as tail pipe emissions!
  • The average adult who starts to take transit to work loses 6 pounds of body fat in the first year.
  • The average adult who starts biking to work loses 10 pounds of body fat in the first year.

So what are you waiting for? Get In Motion today!