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Transportation Resources at a Glance

February 10, 2014 by Sustainable Fairfax

[fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] For more information about transportation, see our Transportation Initiative page.

Marin County Bicycle Coalition: www.marinbike.org

Safe Routes to Schools: http://www.saferoutestoschools.org/

Safe Routes to Schools programs are designed to decrease traffic and pollution and increase the health of children and the community, Safe Routes to Schools promotes walking and biking to school, using education and incentives to show how much fun it can be! The program addresses parents’ safety concerns by educating children and the public, partnering with traffic law enforcement, and developing plans to create safer streets. Marin County pioneered the national Safe Routes to Schools program that has spread across the U.S.

Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART): www.sonomamarintrain.org

511 SF Bay: www.511.org

Resources include Rideshare, trip-planning, and cycling information. 511 is managed by a partnership of public agencies led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Department of Transportation. 511 was developed with the mission to provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable and useful multimodal travel information to meet the needs of Bay Area travelers.

Carma Carpooling

Transportation and Energy

US Department of Energy:  http://fueleconomy.gov/

The official U.S. government source for fuel economy information.

Plug In America: http://www.pluginamerica.org/

Plug In America drives change. We accelerate the shift to plug-in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment.

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Green Building Resources

March 18, 2012 by Sustainable Fairfax

The Sustainability Revolution, by local author Andrés Edwards:  http://www.andresedwards.com/Writing/tbs.html

EduTracks Green Building and Sustainability Education: http://www.edutracks.com/

County of Marin Community Development Agency: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/CD/Main/index.cfm

United States Green Building Council, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED):
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19

Build It Green: Green Products and Pointers: http://greenpointrated.com/products/

Facts on Green Building: http://www.greenbuilding.com/

 

 

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