Comments on: Impact of the 1-mile Solution

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Dem… I did the same thing when I moved to Springfield. And re: 98 percent of people; it will take a lot of hard work to budge those numbers even a little bit. We’ll see.

By: Demetrius

Demetrius — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:28:37 +0000

I actually did this mapping when I was deciding on where to live – I plotted my travels for a month in my city and then I found the geographic center of my life.

By finding the center of your travels and then moving there – you can get rid of the second car and use your bike to a much better degree.

Just for fun – try this yourself using a paper map and see where you should be living – use your whole family to plot out your travels. It is fun to do and for a biker invaluable.

As another note: I have evangelized about using my bike to everyone I know and NEVER has ANYONE ELSE I KNOW used a bike to get to work. There is just NOTHING that will get 98 percent of people to use a bike in North America… There is always an excuse NOT to use a bike and I am very disheartened about it – even when gas was 4.50 a gallon…

By: s carter

s carter — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:21:58 +0000

i have been actively living the “1.6km solution” for the last few months (well, before the temperatures plunged below -20!) and am hoping that this idea will take hold someday.

keep up the good work!

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:48:39 +0000

Kartik… I’ve written about your report on Carbon Trace. I’ll highlight that link in my next mention of the 1-mile Solution, which will be soon I’ll also add it to the sidebar. I’d appreciate any help you can give getting your readers to vote for the 1-MS. Thanks!

By: Kartik Sribarra

Kartik Sribarra — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:42:17 +0000

Great job pushing your 1-Mile Solution. This is yet another important call for more walking and biking. It’s truly a no-lose proposition with many crucial benefits.

If I may offer a few resources from my organization, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy… we’re running a pledge similar to the 1MS, the “Burn Calories, Not Carbon!” (TM) pledge, at http://www.railstotrails.org/pledge. It’s been pretty popular so far, and we use it to push for bike- and pedestrian-friendly policies on the federal level and wherever else possible.

Also, our recently released report, “Active Transportation for America” (www.railstotrails.org/ATFA) makes powerful economic arguments for increased federal support of walking and biking. I’d encourage everyone to check it out.

Thanks for your work – getting more folks walking and biking is truly of enormous national importance. Well done.