Transportation Resources & Connections
No Idling Campaign
Keep the air clean for our kids - Turn off your car!
- Emissions from idling vehicles create smog and ground level ozone that have direct impact on health.
- Frequent restarting does not use more gas.
-Frequent restarting will not harm you vehicle.
-Today's fuel-injected engines don't need to be warmed up beyond 30 seconds on a cold day. The car warms up more quickly once it is operating.
-Idling is not good for your vehicle - incomplete combustion causes fuel residue to condense on engine parts like spark plugs and can contaminate oil;
- Frequent restarting does not use more gas.
-Frequent restarting will not harm you vehicle.
-Today's fuel-injected engines don't need to be warmed up beyond 30 seconds on a cold day. The car warms up more quickly once it is operating.
-Idling is not good for your vehicle - incomplete combustion causes fuel residue to condense on engine parts like spark plugs and can contaminate oil;
Hanover Bike/Ped Committee
The Hanover Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee is an advisory committee to the Hanover, NH Selectboard.
Participate in the annual Bike to Work Days (Fall & Spring)
Participate in the annual Bike to Work Days (Fall & Spring)
New Life Cycling
Join us in Re-Cycling. A non-profit bicycle recycling organization.
"We fix it, You ride it"
"We fix it, You ride it"
Advance Transit
Convenient & Efficient:
1. Route-Finder
2. Real Time bus tracking
3. Stop Finder
Also: Completely renovated buildings and upgraded buses: LEED certified Operations Facility; Low Emission & Hybrid buses
1. Route-Finder
2. Real Time bus tracking
3. Stop Finder
Also: Completely renovated buildings and upgraded buses: LEED certified Operations Facility; Low Emission & Hybrid buses
Upper Valley TMA
The Upper Valley Transit Management Association is a partnership with Vital Communities.
Working to Reduce Reliance on Single Occupant Vehicle Commuting.
Working to Reduce Reliance on Single Occupant Vehicle Commuting.
Resources
Alliance for Biking & Walking: creates, strengthens, and unites
state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.
Cars: Greencars.org- Thoughts on purchasing a new car.
Home location: Study finds that homes save more energy because of location (close to public transportation and in more densely populated areas) than because of efficiency (published in GreenSource, the Magazine of Sustainable Design).
Walk-ability and Happiness Study: This is an abstract for research done on the correlation between the walk-ability of a community and the well-being of those who live in those communities.
Internal Link: Taking Action at Home
Cars: Greencars.org- Thoughts on purchasing a new car.
Home location: Study finds that homes save more energy because of location (close to public transportation and in more densely populated areas) than because of efficiency (published in GreenSource, the Magazine of Sustainable Design).
Walk-ability and Happiness Study: This is an abstract for research done on the correlation between the walk-ability of a community and the well-being of those who live in those communities.
Internal Link: Taking Action at Home
