Travel without gassing up your car

Michael Martinez of the San Jose Mercury News wrote an environmentally responsible travel piece this past June about quick getaways using public transportation. For a paper produced in the Silicon Valley sprawl, where driving everywhere is the norm, this was a bold subject. Although originally written to help people not pay high gas prices, he wrote somewhat ironically:

"As it turns out, the virtuous decision to leave the car at home wasn't always an economically smart one. But we felt good about making an environmental statement, even if it cost us a bit more."

Obviously in order to get to these gas-free destinations one must live in San Jose, but there are many destinations in other cities and towns that are within easy reach of public transportation - try and seek them out.

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