Not only are cars driven around mostly empty and about 1/3 of the time they are driven for trips that are less than a mile, but your car is parked for 95% of it's life.  

So, can we make our most popular transportation mode more efficient?  

Live "Car Lite"

• Swap out those short, less than 1 mile trips with walking or biking
  • 1 mile on a bike takes about 6 minutes
    • Redmond Bike Map
  • 1 mile walking is about 20 minutes.
    • It is less than a mile to walk from the Redmond Library to the Redmond Town Center (and you won't have to look for parking)
    • Check out all the benefits of walking

• Try transit:

  • You may be surprised how easily you can get around without your car once you get in the habit of using transit.
  • Some apps to help get you started on transit

• Get in a vanpool

  • As a vanpool driver you have access to the van for some personal trips, which could help you give up your own personal vehicle.
  • Share the ride on the way to work will help others make their trips more efficient.

Share the Ride!

• Try car sharing with businesses like ZipCar
  • Redmond has ZipCar locations, as do many of our neighboring cities!
• Finding a Ridematch on Go Redmond lets you find other people who live near you who are willing to share the ride to get to work and events.
• iCarpool is Real-Time, flexible ridematching.  Download the app to get in a carpool when and where you need it.

There's more than 1 way to go in Redmond, and many of your options are much more efficient than driving!