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Are you voting green?

10.31.2008

Submitted by tmeronek on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 12:26am.
The Bite:
You are if you car pool to the polls. Assuming it's too far to walk, organize a carpool for next Tuesday with coworkers or friends, so nobody, er, forgets to vote, and to combat congestion. That way, no matter who you pick, you'll score a minivictory for the Earth.
The Benefits: 
  • Fewer absentees. If you're cruising to the polls in a group, there's less chance of someone missing out (behold the power of peer pressure).
  • Stuffing your wallet, not the ballot box. Splitting transportation costs is another plus.
  • Not being late to the political party. Most of us don't have to get on the highway to get to our polling place, but car pooling gives you a license to use the car-pool lane.
  • Our exit polls say 'pooling to the polls reduces traffic (and angst over certain politicians' stances on global warming).
Personally Speaking: 
All the SF editors can walk to the polls, but for those of us in the 'burbs, car pools are the way to go.
Wanna Try: 
  • Vote411 - find your polling place if you don't already know.
  • Get together with a few coworkers/friends, and get in the car.
  • Carpoolworld, eRideShare, iCarpool, and Ridester - find a car pool with one of the top four ride-share sites.

Cocktail Fact

In August, Lifetime TV asked viewers which presidential candidate they'd rather car pool with; 51% said Obama, 31% said McCain.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Biters share a 5-mile ride with three friends to the polls (round-trip), we'll avert the same amount of CO2 produced by almost four Americans in a year.

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