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Economizing on Travel

TIRED OF GUZZLING GAS ON THE WAY TO WORK?  YOUR LOCAL TRANSIT PROVIDER MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. VALLEY METRO OF ARIZONA, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE REDUCE THEIR SINGLE-OCCUPANT VEHICLE TRIPS.  SPOKESPERSON SUSAN TIERNEY SAYS THAT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, VALLEY METRO OFFERS A VANPOOL, AN ONLINE CARPOOL MATCHING SERVICE, AND MAPS OF AREA BIKE PATHS.

JEFFREY ZIMMERMAN OF TEMPE, ARIZONA USED THE VALLEY METRO MAPS TO FIND A BIKE PATH THAT HE COULD TAKE TO WORK. NOW HE SAVES MONEY ON GAS AND HIS HEALTH HAS BENEFITED, SO HE HEARTILY RECOMMENDS OTHERS DO THE SAME.

ZIMMERMAN: IF PEOPLE WOULD GET OUT THERE AND DO IT, WE’D HAVE CLEANER AIR AND PEOPLE WOULD BE HEALTHIER. 

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

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