ENVS 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sustainable Transport, Starbucks, Walk Score
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Framework used by those who study transportation. 86% of the time in order to go anywhere people are driving in a car. Driving alone most of the time 75% Over time we, our society has become extremely car dependent. Walk, ride your bike, school bus: of the time. This is the society we live in, just the way it is. Over time how we live has changed. We live in places with very few choices but to drive. Where we go and how we get there has changed over time. Driving from place to place within a single trip. How many bikes you own or if you even own a bike. Nissan leaf commercial, polar bear thanking them for buying a car. Walk score: showing how people"s address is depending upon their distance to aspects of a town center. If we could get more people to walk, ride their bikes and take transit our impact could widely loosen.