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The freedom of a 31 day bus pass

Rebecca — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:17:36 +0000

(Cross posted at Living in the O.)

A year ago, I decided to switch from purchasing single ride fares to buying an AC Transit 31 day bus pass ev

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Serendipitous Meetings

LaurenL — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:50:52 +0000

My friend Ann and I were talking today about how when you walk and bike things happen that you would have missed if you had driven. Sometimes it's small--toda

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Already Over My Challenge Amount

LaurenL — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:20:13 +0000

I just used gmaps pedometer and google maps to figure out my mileage for the first 9 days of the challenge. I didn't realize how quickly the miles add up.

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Someone stole the bus stop bench!

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:36:10 +0000

(Cross posted at Living in the O.) Yesterday, on my way home from work I stopped at Whole Foods in Berkeley to pick up a few groceries and some delici

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Star Trek, anyone?

chwang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:15:46 +0000

Not a typical Monday evening for me and the hubster.

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WOBO-Upwards and Onward

chwang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:52:18 +0000

Exciting campaigns are happening at Walk Oakland Bike Oakland. Last weekend, I atte

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Car-Free with Baby

LaurenL — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:59:03 +0000

After my son Xander was born last November, the thing I missed most about my pre-baby lifestyle (besides sleep, that is) was not being able to easily get on my bike and ride. The thought of a y

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bolting from Claremont & Ashby to jack london square to catch a 7:10 movie!

biatch — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:04:13 +0000

I was online making plans for my daughter's graduation dinner the following night, and she suddenly called asking me to check on what was playing at jack london regal theater --- so 25 minutes later I

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My Progress: Days 1-7

Rebecca — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:07:57 +0000

The month didn't start out so well for me, as I was in the car quite a bit (for me) on Monday so I'm going to use that as one of my free days.

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Slowing-up

chwang — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:04:51 +0000

Does going car-free “slow-down” your life?

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Why Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO)?

chwang — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:18:55 +0000

I get this question all the time, "How do you live without a car?" This car-free challenge is one way I'm telling my story.

I truly enjoy learning about where I live. I've lived in and traveled many places and have learned the most intimate details about them by walking and biking around (no, Wiki doesn't come close). I also got really poor going to grad school and ditched my most disposable expense, le auto. Like a bad relationship, once the car went, I had little desire to get it back. More on this later.