This resource list was given out at last night's wonderful Sustainable Transportation for All event. It covers alot of bases, a key to increasing access and switching off of dependence on single person car use. Please share. It can fit back into a one -sided document (in 12 point Times) for bulletin boards and fridge doors . Elan
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL Bike o RIBs (Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles) 530 W Buffalo St/13N 256-5355 - Trevor French - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ribs.velonet.org/ - Community bike shop, refurbished bikes free, tools and classes on bike maintenance & repair. Open Tuesday & Thursday 4-7 Sat 12-5 PM. o Finger Lakes Cycling Club - www.flcycling.org - [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety - www.bike.cornell.edu - Lois Chaplin - 255-2498 Resource for bike skills education. Car o Ithaca Carshare - May'08 - www.ithacacarshare.org - Jennifer Dotson - 229-3210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carsharing is hourly access to a varied fleet of cars in convenient locations, priced based on use. o Ithaca BioDiesel - 221 Grey Road, Ithaca- www.ithacabiodiesel.org - Coop that sells vegetable based fuels to members. Meghan Murphy 227-8817 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Ridesharing (Carpooling): www.GoLoco.org, www.gishigo.com, & http://alternetrides.com/welcome1.asp?location_key= o For occasional car use, check rental car agencies. Taxis o Ithaca Dispatch: shared ride taxi, 277-7777, www.ithacataxi.biz, John Kadar o A Plus Taxi: 533-TAXI (8294), Green Hornet Taxi: 280-3779 Paratransit o Gadabout 273-1878 - Judy Willis. Door-to-door demand-responsive transportation for people age 60 or over or with disabilities Bus o TCAT www.tcatbus.org - online trip planner - 277-RIDE (7433) - (M-F 8-5) after hours: 277-9388 x602 - Paper schedules available various locations around town, printable from website. o Ithaca Airline Limousine, 273-3030, http://ithacaairlinelimo.org/ o Chemung Transit, Ride Tioga, Seneca Co. Transit & Cortland Transit serve commuters to Tompkins Co. o Intercity bus (Ithaca Bus Station); Greyhound, 800-231-2222; Trailways 800-776-7548; Short Line 277-8800 Trails o Cayuga Waterfront Trail - www.cayugawaterfronttrail.com - Rick Manning - 592-4647 o Black Diamond Trail¬ Enthusiasts Network (BDTEN) - http://blackdiamondtrail.org/ - Jan Zeserson [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council - www.tompkins-co.org/itctc - Fernando de Aragon - 274-5570 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eco-cities /Sustainable Transportation o Connect Ithaca - www.connectithaca.com - Elisabeth Harrod - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (< preferred), 277-8809 o CIVITAS (European Union) http://www.civitas-initiative.org/main.phtml?lan=en. Infrastructure systems For sidewalk, roadway issues or plans for improvement: o City of Ithaca Transportation Engineer - Tim Logue - 274-6535 o BPAC--City Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Council - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Advocates for improvements affecting bicycling and walking, especially in the City of Ithaca. o Town of Ithaca - Jonathan Kanter, Planning Director, 273-1736 o For other towns & villages, check with the Transportation Council for contact information - ITCTC - 274-5570. o Cornell University Transportation - www.transportation.cornell.edu - David Lieb - 255-PARK (7275) - Cornell has many "green" transportation services & systems for staff, students & visitors. o ITCTC-Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council - Fernando de Aragon - 274-5570 - Resource hub for the transportation network, long range transportation planning for Tompkins County, and involved with allocating federal money to local projects. o Tompkins County Department of Social Services: Dwight Mengel, 274-5605, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobility planning, federal & state funding for public transportation, ridesharing & RIDEWISE. Provided by Sustainable Tompkins www.sustainabletompkins.org 4/10/08 -- Elan Shapiro Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator Sustainable Living Associates, Principal Frog's Way B&B 211 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Mohandas Gandhi _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
