Car-Free Challenge

Rebecca Saltzman

Yes, I will support Rebecca Saltzman with

$1.00

Amount: $
Challenge goal: 20 miles
Month-long Challenger
Total Raised: $155
Donation Goal: 
$ 250
I'm Taking the Challenge from: 
June 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009

I gave up my car over a year ago, after a lifetime of driving a lot. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) gave me little choice - if I wanted to get anywhere, I had to drive. But now I take the bus and walk almost everywhere. Still, I sometimes borrow a car or get a ride, and this month I'll be tracking my miles.

I'll be updating my blog here with some new stories and some stories I've previously written over at my blog, Living in the O. If you like what you see, please support my efforts by donating to TransForm.

City: 
Oakland
State: 
CA
SupportersAmount donated
Joanna  Adler$10
Rebecca  Schneider$20
Gene  Anderson$10
Patric  Mitchell$20
Alex  Kreit$10
Adan  Gallegos$5
daniel  schulman$20
Karen  Smulevitz$5
Le Sheng  Liu$10
Elizabeth   Echols$25
Eric  Chase$15
Brian   Toy$5
Blog Posts

The freedom of a 31 day bus pass

(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

Someone stole the bus stop bench!

(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

My Progress: Days 1-7

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.

Carless in the O

(I initially wrote this in February, 2008at my blog, Living in the O. It was right after I got rid of my car.)