Next month I’ll celebrate my one year anniversary at my job — and my carpool will have saved me $6,800. To figure that out, I used the calculator at Carpool Match Northwest, which is also where I found my congenial carpool (six of us now) in the first place. My situation is actually both better [...]
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Carpooling Is Saving Me $6,800/year
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation, work
Tags: carpool·Carpool Match Northwest·carpooling·climate change·commute·green living·happiness·Oregon·telework·thrift
Our New Honda Hybrid
May 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments · sustainability, transportation
We researched ad nauseam what fuel-efficient, low-emissions car we should buy. We finally chose the Honda Civic hybrid for its great ratings all around, plus its state AND federal tax credits. We waited and waited for it to arrive at the dealership. Last night we finally brought it home.
Tags: carbon footprint·carpool·carpooling·cars·consumption·energy conservation·green living·Honda hybrid·hybrid·hybrids·Prius·pzev·tax credit
Carpooling Is Cool
April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability, transportation, work
The financial benefits of carpooling, featured in a front page story of the Oregonian today, are only one reason that carpooling is cool. I’d say its coolness is embodied in four C’s: cash, congestion reduction, carbon footprint and community. The carpool I’m in makes my commute between Portland and Salem a joy instead of a [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·carpool·carpooling·commuting·EcoProm·global warming·saving money
The Five-Carat Commute
February 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · simplicity, sustainability, transportation, work
On the first day of my new job in Salem, Oregon yesterday, I left my house in Portland before 6 a.m. and got home about 6:4o p.m. I spent three hours and forty minutes total on the commute, including walking to and from the Capitol Mall to my building.
Ye gads. To think that millions of people around the world do this for decades of their lives in
Tags: Capitol Mall·carbon footprint·carpool·carpooling·environment·global warming·Portland·reverse commute·rideshare·Salem·saving money
