After coming back to Vancouver, I had a great aspiration to be more green in my life. One of the areas in focus is the transportation. Having lived in Beijing the last few years, and without a car, I am very used to traveling by public transit. Of course, it also helps that the [...]
Transportation is a big part of a city’s carbon footprint, responsible for over 25% of total carbon output.
There are some ideas about how to reduce the transportation footprint:
Idle-free zone – Vancouver started the program a few years ago. It is now illegal to have your car idled for over 3 minutes.
Electric vehicle incentives – newly built apartments built in [...]