Week 3

So I have officially moved into my new apartment.  With that, I now live only 3 blocks away from my job and downtown.  Walking, biking, and skipping to work has never been easier.  A big motivator of choosing a new apartment location was to be closer to work, not necessarily for the easily traverse-able summer months, but for the rainy and winter seasons.  It's a huge relief / benefit to reduce my reliance on traffic schedules.

I saw this poster on the internet and thought it was funny (and well put)

The best part, is zero commute not only means no fuel bill, but I also get an extra 30-45 minutes in my day.  I take two steps out my office door, and I'm home, doing activities, playing guitar, and even doing some extra biking I never would have thought of doing otherwise.

Finally, a shout out to CarShareVT for running a great program to get people off the road (even if that means  reducing the need for CarShares in the first place).

Week 1

I, Kyle Mitofsky, pledge to not drive my car for 6 whole months.

Yes, I'm well aware that far greater accomplishments have been acheived by people far more fantastic than I.  I'm  not even attempting to ween myself off of personal transportation entirely: I'll still drive my Car Share, I'll still bum rides from my brothers, friends, and girlfriend, I'll still carpool and take the Bus, but I won't (to the extent that I'm successful) drive my personal vehicle for six months if for no better reason than just to see if I can.

Week 1 has almost come and passed, and I've already biked about 20 miles: an (admittedly low) person best.  I've taken the bus 5 times. And  I tagged along with a friend to go grocery shopping which is my biggest weaknesses / hesitations about a life without cars.  I borrowed my GF's car (I think that's close to cheating, but I'll allow it) to go to a doctor's appointment that I needed to get to immediately after work, but I plan on taking my Car Share to my follow up next week.  I've already booked the time slot for the Church Street Market Place Parking Garage Car.

Double Coupons: I'm also participating in the national bike to work challenge.  Every day I bike to work I get to keep my car locked up while getting points per mile for a chance to earn prizes.  How much do I love prizes?  Too much probably, but it's nice to be motivated to do something I wanted to do anyway.