100 Ways to Reduce Your Impact

Step 86 Limit the cars you own

Try to become a 1 car household. Of course this is hard with multiple children and working parents. But for a couple that may be living near the jobs. Trade off with the car a couple days of the week. Have the other walk to school or work.

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[Woodenbikes]

My 3 person (2 adult and one teen) family owns one car (in car crazy California). We never suffer and we are saving enough money to retire a couple of years early. The trick is choosing at least one job near the home (or vice versa). Occasional thought is involved, so it's not for everyone. If we did not want to compromise we could also rent a car about once a year.