So a week has come and gone since I made a pledge to lower my carbon footprint by biking the same distance around town as I drive.
Well, I am ashamed to admit this, but I failed the first week.
Remember: When I carpool I divide by the amount of people in the car:
Monday: I rode my bike from home to school and back: 7.68 Miles. I drove with my girlfriend to laughing planet for dinner and back home: 5.58 miles/2 = 2.79 miles by car.
Tuesday: Rode my bike to school and back: 7.68 miles. Drove with my girlfriend to Perigino and Winco than home: 14.8/2 = 7.4
Wednesday: Did not ride my bike(this day killed me) Drove to school by myself 7.68 miles. Drove to work and back with my girlfriend 11.8/2 = 5.9 miles
Thursday: Rode to School and back 7.68 miles. Drove to work and back by myself 11.8 miles
Friday: Drove to Fred Meyer with gf and back for some bare necessities 2.2 miles/2= 1.1 Drove to work by myself and back 11.8 miles
Saturday: Rode to school 3.84 miles. I had to get a ride home because it was too dark. 1.77 in car.
Sunday: Drove to a friends house with Gf and another friend. 8.9miles/3=2.97 miles by car.
Total miles driven: 45.53
Total miles on bike: 26.88
Im not completely dissapointed in myself. I managed to ride a fair amount but I can always improve. Had I been better on Wednesday, it would have been a lot closer. Sometimes when It's cold outside I get lazy. If I lived a little closer to campus I could just walk. I'm going to look for a bus route this week and maybe I can close the mileage gap a little bit.
Until Next Week!
-Nick-
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LTD is a beautiful thing. I ride from Veneta to Springfield (22.5 miles each way) 3-5 times per week for work and my wife and I have gotten it to less than three trips into town per week. Often only one.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that helped me was counting dollars. I'm very budget-oriented right now and my old car got 33MPG. gas at $4/gallon cost me about six dollars per day to go to and from work if I had no errands to run. Closer to 8 when I had things to do. When I started riding the bus, I effectively gave myself 120 dollars per month extra money, got to read a lot more, and got to reduce my fuel consumption by more than 30 gallons per month.