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Monday, October 6, 2008

Green Rides 2 School

The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is spearheading a Green Rides 2 School Program to save time, save money, avoid traffic and be green. For example:

1. Find neighbors to form school carpools using quick internet matching

Traffic Solutions, the county rideshare agency, operates a web-based rideshare matching service. Log in at the bottom of www.TrafficSolutions.info/school-pool.htm and in five minutes receive matches of neighbors with students or employees at your school. If you don’t find a match check back a week later as new users enter the system. Any questions can be directed to Traffic Solutions at 963-SAVE. CEC’s Michael Chiacos suggests that Santa Barbara School Districts’ employees try carpooling for, say, two days a week to start. 

2. Look up bus routes

Visit www.sbmtd.gov/Lines/Line_19.htm to view routes and information.

3. Find out about the South Coast’s Safe Routes to School Program

Twenty local organizations, coordinated by the Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST), are working to enable students to walk or bike to school safely. For more information, visit coast-santabarbara.org/safe-routes-to-school

For more information on the Community Environment Council or the Green Rides 2 School Program, contact Michael Chiacos at 963-0583, ext. 110 or mchiacos@cecmail.com