Huzzah! Another way to further reduce congestion and our carbon foot print is, to get into school buses- Lincoln’s largest public transit system. What if we converted those big old monsters to more and smaller electric vans that reduced the length and duration of each trip?
Just imagine the impact…walking, biking, rolling, and public electric transit…just imagine. Let’s make going to and from our net zero schools net zero too! Sara Sent from my iPad > On May 8, 2022, at 10:33 PM, John Mendelson <johntmendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Lincoln Talk, > > Just wanted to say thank you to all the school administrators, teachers, > parents, volunteers, and most importantly, the kids who walked, biked, and > rolled to school in huge numbers last week. It was so inspiring to see so > many kids come to school under their own power, talking and laughing with one > another, and overfilling the bike racks. > > We gave out every bracelet we bought each day (over 1,000 in total) and will > make sure to have more next year. In the meantime, I encourage everyone to > keep walking, biking, and rolling. Even if it is not every day, if we can > reduce our car trips by 10% it will make a big difference in greenhouse > emissions and I guarantee it will make you healthier and happier and our > roads less congested. > > Thanks again for taking part! > > John Mendelson, for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
