Third annual Leave Your Car at Home Week announced
The third annual "Leave Your Car at Home Week" is scheduled for Sunday through Saturday, Sept. 20-Sept. 26. This year, Skidmore will partner with the Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network to help promote this initiative throughout Saratoga County. Designed to reduce carbon emissions when commuters travel solo in their cars, the event will encourage solo drivers to carpool, bike, walk or bus to work if possible.
Participants are encouraged to register their team hereand identify a team captain. There will be several friendly competition categories including the following: businesses with fewer than five employees, between six and 20 employees, between 21 and 100 employees, and more than 101 employees. For each category there will be recognition for the business that has the highest percentage of employee participation and the company that avoids driving the most miles during "Leave Your Car at Home Week."
People are encouraged to leave their car at home when going to work or school, running errands, or going to church or synagogue. Participants are encouraged to think about how to combine "self-powered" transport (biking or walking) with carpooling or public transportation. The Capital District Transportation Authority's bus schedule info may be found online here. In addition, a new online carpooling tool from the Capital District Transportation Committee helps commuters find carpooling buddy. Click here for details.
Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network's Bike to Work Day last May and Skidmore's "Leave Your Car at Home Week" last fall are serving as a springboard for this collaborative initiative.
To prepare for the week, Skidmore College and Elevate Bicycles of Saratoga Springs will host a Bicycle Maintenance Day at Skidmore on Friday, Sept. 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Case College Center. Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network will also attend the bicycle maintenance event to promote safe bicycling practices.
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