(The competitive renovators post was not about any of our neighbors. This post is, or at least mentions one)
Arlington County is aggressively marketing an anti-traffic congestion and pollution plan called the Car-Free Diet. The website offers lots of information about how and why you should minimize your car usage. There are even incentives for Arlington residents just to go to the site and learn more:
Whether you plan to go car-free every single day or just once or twice a week, you’re about to see some real results! Just answer the following few questions to get personalized estimates of how much money you’ll save, calories you’ll burn and CO2 emissions you’ll reduce when you go on Arlington’s Car-Free Diet!
Residents who fill out a form can get a free copy of [tag]Chris Balish[/tag]’s [tag]How to Live Well Without Owning a Car[/tag] that has a special Arlington-specific information section.
There’s a nice write-up in today’s Arlington/Alexandria section of the Washington Post about a recent event Arlington County held to get businesses more involved in the program:
Chris is also maintaining a blog about the initiative.
I swear to god I read that as “Arlington’s Cat-Free Diet Initiative”. I also thought, “Well, that won’t work: I don’t eat cats and I’m still fat.”
I haven’t owned a car in, like, 13 years, so this is all hard for me to grasp. I have banished cars in my area. That ought to do it. No?
Samer, you continue to be my hero. (Of what, exactly? Not certain. But it sounds good at this ungodly early hour)
I think you’ve solved the traffic problems, thanks, Faith!
Were you on the train that had the accident at Union Station yesterday?
btw, there’s no public transportation out in the hinterlands you’re moving to. You’re actually going to have to get a car.