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e that feeling – and be a little more sustainable at the same time. “I just really love to be on my bike,” she says. “I can go places, see scenery, and be with other people – and I don’t have to worry about gas. On a bike, you can go anywhere.” Bicycling may be the most visible alternative transportation method, but there are many more ways to reduce the number of community car trips per day. Commuter Contest participants carpool or vanpool, sharing rides with other Greeners. They work from home, or compress their workweek into four 10-hour days rather than making that fifth trip to the office. And, like faculty member Thad Curtz, they rely on the ultimate carpool – they ride the bus. When Curtz first began teaching at Evergreen in 1972, he lived out on Cooper Point, and biked or hitchhiked to campus every day. But when his children were born, the family decided they needed to be closer to town. Part of their decision when buying their home was that it was a block from
