One of the blogs that I read regularly is the blog from Green LA Girl. Now, I know that Santa Monica is a long way from Cleveland, Ohio, but she still offers plenty of pertinent info about products, lifestyle and food that relates to us in the Great Lakes Region. This article was great, so I am going to reprint a little for you here, but go to Green LA Girl to read the whole thing.
WalkScore — a website that grades neighborhoods on walkability — is beloved by de-car’d environmentalists, traffic-haters, and simple living enthusiasts alike. But now comes a new website that’ll attract frugalistas and economists too. Abogo shows the dollar savings of walkable neighborhoods! (via Switchboard)
I went to this site, and plugged in my address (near west side) and discovered that due to lack of public transportation and not having a dense urban neighborhood, that our average transportation costs would be higher than Santa Monica! And a CO2 transportation impact that is nearly 50% higher! One more reason to be decidedly unhappy with RTA and its services….
Tags: co2, public transportation
