eGo Car Share

What is eGo Car Share?
eGo CarShare provides access to a network of energy-efficient vehicles throughout Denver and Boulder, allowing members to pay per trip without the commitment of owning a car. Vehicles are conveniently stationed, often near transit and bicycle facilities and are accessible to members with valid reservations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

It’s a pay as you drive system that makes sense and saves cents!

eGo CarShare has a variety of new, fuel-efficient vehicles stationed in convenient locations throughout the Denver-Boulder area.  Here is a link to find: locations.

Here is a map of the pick up and drop off locations

How eGo Car Share works?

Check out the eGo Car Share website: here

Use your personal key fob to access the cars and return them to the same location when you’re done.

eGo Car Share will bill you only for what you use. Gas and insurance are always included and they have a variety of rate plans to choose from.

What does eGo Car Share do for the environment?
By using eGo Car Share, the system will reduce carbon emissions, help air quality and reduce traffic.

eGo Car Share reduces the environmental and social impacts associated with motor vehicle use.

A UC Berkeley study done for San Francisco's City CarShare, found that 30% of City CarShare households sold one or more of their cars after joining the program and automobile travel among members dropped 47%. The study concluded that City CarShare members save 720 gallons of gas or 20,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions on a daily basis. (Environmental Defense Fund)

Green Transportation

Positive facts to Consider:
People are healthier and happier overall when using alternative transportation: Nearly 30% of transit riders get the recommended daily dose of physical activity (30 minutes of moderate physical activity) by walking to and from transit. (ITDP)

30,000 commuters can get to work on a single subway train, which would require 10 additional highway lanes if the same individuals chose to drive to work. (green your.com)

Each year, public transportation saves 1,500 million gallons in auto fuel consumption-150 times the 10 million gallons spilled by the Exxon Valdez.  (American Public Transportation Association)

For every 10,000 solo commuters who leave their cars at home and commute on an existing public transportation service for one year, the nation  reduces fuel consumption by 2.7 million gallons.  (American Public Transportation Association)

Bicycling for transportation can reduce mortality by 35 to 40%.  (Matthews et al., Andersen et al.)

Public transit is viewed as 170 times safer than automobile travel according to the National Safety Council.

How we can change:
We need to change our routines to benefit ourselves and others and to contribute to a healthier environment. While it is convenient to leave for work whenever you please, there are many other green ways to commute.

By choosing less polluting methods for getting around, such as biking, carsharing programs, public transit, walking and carpooling, we are significantly decreasing CO2, money, and time. In the following posts we will let you know easy steps we can do in Denver to change our situation. 

Bike in Denver

How to Ride your Bike in Denver:

STEP 1: Be Safe
Although you may know how to ride a bike, riding around in the city may be a lot more difficult than you think. Check out Commute By Bike to learn everything about being a new commuter.

STEP 2: Be informed:
Know about the anatomy of your bike and everything around cycling culture from these top 10 bike apps: Top 10 Bike Apps.

STEP 3: Know the maps beforehand:
Check it here: MAPS. Check out how to bike in Denver with: Bike Denver

Don’t have a bike?
Don’t worry because Denver launched, Bike Sharing Program, B-Cycle! It’s easy and fun to do with friends and family or traveling to work. 

How to use B-Cycle?
B-Cycle is a lot more simple than you would imagine:

1. Go online or go to a B-Cycle station (find stations: here)

2. Choose a bike from any station, grab your bike, and when you're done return at any

other B-Cycle station.

3. Here’s how you can join online: JOIN!

4. Find safe routes! Check out fun and safe routes to bike in Denver: ROUTES 

Transportation

Transportation is one of the most crucial problems for the United States.  Although getting into our cars to get to work or to running errands doesn’t seem harmful at the time, we increasingly add CO2 to the environment and cause health and environmental issues to people and Mother Nature. Below are some negative and positive to read and take in.

Negative facts to consider:
To feed our appetite for the freedom of a car, we use more than 100 billion gallons of gasoline each year. If that fuel were stored in a tank the size of a football field, the walls would have to be nearly 50 miles high. (Energy Information Administration)

Every gallon of gasoline burned releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, making the transportation sector responsible for about a quarter of overall US carbon dioxide emissions. (Fueleconomy.gov)

27 percent of total vehicle miles traveled by Americans are to and from work, which amounts to 734 billion miles each year. (Fueleconomy.gov).

Nine billion gallons of fuel are wasted in traffic each year - 800 times the amount of oil spilled by Exxon Valdez.  (The Association for Commuter Transportation)

30,000 commuters can get to work on a single subway train, which would require 10 additional highway lanes if the same individuals chose to drive to work. (Green your.com)

In North American cities, roads and parking lots account between 30 to 60% of the total surface (ITDP)

According to the WHO, each year road traffic injuries take away lives of 1.2 million men, women, and children around the globe and injure many more. (ITDP)

Nearly half (46%) of the U.S. population lives in counties that have poor air quality. (ITDP)

Earth Day

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