Clean Air Campaign’s carpool rap video blows minds
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009About 14 seconds in. Wait for it.
After the jump, some background about the video from the Clean Air Campaign.
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Clean Air Campaign shows how stupid we look in gridlock
Friday, June 5th, 2009
The Clean Air Campaign, an Atlanta-based booster of alternate commuting, has posted a video that shows how foolish the estimated 60 percent of metro Atlantans who drive to work by themselves actually look — minus the steel, LCD screens playing “The View,” and dusty coffee tumblers that have surely caked your cloth interior with Maxwell House juice.
The animation then shows the effect that shared commutes, teleworking and riding transit could have on road capacity. Big difference.
To view the campaign’s animation, click the screenshot to the right.
For more information about how to connect with rideshare buds, transit options, teleworking tools and other ways you can join the more than 350,000 metro Atlantans who don’t drive to work by themselves, visit the Clean Air Campaign’s “Improve Your Commute” page. The campaign also offers incentives to motorists who give alternate commuting a shot.
Atlanta’s Bike to Work Week May 11-15
Monday, May 11th, 2009All this week, the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign encourages residents to leave their cars in the garage, hop on the ole Huffy, and participate in Bike to Work Week.
The nonprofit has banded together with Atlanta Transportation Management Associations, the Clean Air Campaign, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other velocipede advocacy groups and clubs to host cycling-related events and activities.
Tonight you can find a number of deals and discounts at participating bike shops to gear up for the week. Tomorrow you can find a Bike Buddy to help bring you up to speed. On Wednesday, downtown’s Woodruff Park will be the site of Bike Fest, a lunch hour celebration of all things cycling. On Thursday, you can participate in carpool-esque bike trains.
Visit the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign to register for an emailed discount coupon, enter into a prize drawing, and learn more information about this week’s activities. Be sure to also check out the city’s other cycling groups and resources such as Sopo Bicycle Cooperative and Faster Mustache.
Metro Atlanta smog alert… today’s color is orange
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Gather round, all Atlantans, and breathe through a handkerchief for the rest of the day. The Clean Air Campaign has issued a Code Orange Smog Alert — meaning that the air quality in the region today is unhealthy for such sensitive segments of the population as asthmatics, the elderly and people with heart or lung disease. Those groups should limit outdoor exercise or exertion to the early morning hours and late evening.
It’s always about the people. Won’t anyone think of the bees!?! In the meantime, think about using other ways to travel to help improve the region’s air quality. The campaign says that if one person opted not to drive one day a week for every week in the year, he or she would reduce the amount of pollutants emitted into the air by more than 2,080 pounds.
(Graphic courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security)
