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New Brighton Climate Action Plan 2 -8 <br />What You Can Do <br />You can support the goals of the Transportation and Land Use section of this <br />climate action plan as an individual, household, or a business. Here are just a <br />few things you can do: <br />• Walk or bike when traveling short distances. <br />• Take public transit to work or to run errands. <br />Plan your trips here. <br />• If possible, telecommute or carpool to avoid <br />transportation emissions. <br />• Consider becoming a one-car household - and save <br />thousands of dollars annually. Explore how to <br />make the change here. <br />Reduce car use <br />• Keep your personal vehicle well-tuned and tires <br />inflated properly, saving up to 20% in gasoline use. <br />• Don’t idle your car – even in the winter. The best <br />way to warm up your car in the winter time is by <br />driving it. No more than 30 seconds of warm-up is <br />needed. <br />• Drive an electric, plug-in hybrid or low-emission <br />vehicle. Explore incentives here. <br />Reduce your <br />ride’s impact <br />• Ditch your grass lawn and plant native pollinators <br />that support our wildlife and don’t require <br />mowing. <br />• Refuel your car and mow your lawn after 7pm, <br />which helps prevent ground-level ozone. <br />• Replace your lawn equipment with electric. <br />Reduce lawn <br />equipment impact <br />• Use video conferencing rather than traveling for <br />meetings and promote telecommuting where <br />possible. See City of San Francisco Telework <br />Toolkit. <br />• Work to be designated as a Bike Friendly Business <br />and encourage your peers to participate. <br />• Explore how you can offer your employees <br />alternative commute incentives . <br />• Make - and implement - a Fleet Transition Plan to <br />convert your vehicle fleet to electric vehicles. <br />Reduce your <br />business’s impact