StepGreen.org (beta): Enrich your life A sample visualization showing a user's history

Combine trips (for errands, etc.) in your personal vehicle.

Last comment by user_592 on 18 Jun 2010:
Testing this Flex Client - OAuth post
See the rest of this discussion

Description

When you need to travel to several destinations (for errands, events, etc.), combine the trips together. By going from one destination to another in a series, rather than going individually to each one and returning home in between, you reduce your overall mileage driven, and thus reduce fuel consumption.

Tags

  • behavior
  • individual
  • repeatable
  • transportation
  • travel
  • vehicle
  • year round
See All Existing Tags

Assumptions We Made

Assume separate trip to two locations would be 20 miles roundtrip, combining trips would be 12 miles (not quite half if you have to drive between the locations). Vehicle fuel economy 20 miles/gallon, cost of gas $3.50/gallon

Impacts

Initial Impacts

Each time you carry out this action, the immediate impacts are:

  • Saves 1.40 dollars
  • Saves 0.40 gallons of fuel
  • Saves 8.80 lbs of CO2

Ongoing Impacts

Some actions also have additional impact over time. For this action, these are:

  • Unknown

Potential Annual Impact

We assume that this action will be carried out daily (about 160 times a year). In this case, in a year you could save:
  • 224.00 dollars
  • 64.00 gallons of fuel
  • 1408.00 lbs of CO2
Sign up to commit