What do we mean by "car-free"? No, we have not completely sworn off cars. We simply don't own one. Our car-free (or car-lite) life includes many modes of travel. For about a year and a half in 2009-2010 I dutifully recorded every one of our trips away from the house to see how much we used each of the many modes of travel. I call it the Riding Phrius Data Project. It is a pretty cool dataset. Like many cool datasets, it has yet to be fully explored.
Below is a sneak preview into how many miles we traveled by bus/light rail, bike, rental car, visitor's rental cars, etc. for the 9 months from March - December 2009. It does not include air travel, the Achilles heal of most people's carbon footprint. In this 9 months we traveled a total of 7176 miles, 58% of which were divided equally between public transportation and bicycle. I look forward to sharing some more gems from the Riding Phrius Data Project.
Below is a sneak preview into how many miles we traveled by bus/light rail, bike, rental car, visitor's rental cars, etc. for the 9 months from March - December 2009. It does not include air travel, the Achilles heal of most people's carbon footprint. In this 9 months we traveled a total of 7176 miles, 58% of which were divided equally between public transportation and bicycle. I look forward to sharing some more gems from the Riding Phrius Data Project.
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