Getting Around: Green Transportation

I am fortunate to live in an area that allows me to live mostly car-free. I can walk, bike or take a train to most anywhere. I’ll be the first to admit that if a 1960 Chevrolet Corvette drives by I’ll momentarily leave any conversation to follow it with lustful eyes, especially if it’s finished in a powder blue with white scoop…I’ve transgressed. Today is about transportation, green that is.

While I’m a sucker for classic lines, today’s cars are filled with such exciting technological advances, ideas and innovations that they too can illicit a “wih-woo” from me. The resources for eco-friendly transportation are ever increasing from simple ideas like less use and human-powered movement (er, ie walking) to hybrids, solar-powered, biodiesel, you name it.

Here’s a list of my favorite green transportation website resources to keep you moving with the earth in mind:

• Transportation Tuesdays at Inhabitat
• Eco Friendly Driver at b5media
• Cars & Transportation at TreeHugger
• CalStart at WestStart
• Fuel Economy at US EPA/DOE
• ACEEE’s Green Book at Greener Cars
• Healthy Car at The Ecology Center
• Travel & Transportation at Ideal Bite