{"id":55391,"date":"2016-12-14T10:32:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T14:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=55391"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T18:43:11","slug":"off-the-press-save-890-million-metric-tons-of-co2-by-taking-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/55391\/off-the-press-save-890-million-metric-tons-of-co2-by-taking-the-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Press: Save 890 Million Metric Tons of CO2 by Taking the Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re huge fans of alternative transportation here at offMetro. Our website was founded to help others travel responsibly, and eight years later we’re still striving to see the world while impacting the environment as little as possible. Even in the spread-out United States, it\u2019s entirely possible to enjoy a vacation while leaving your personal vehicle at home. But sometimes while observing the thousands of personal vehicles on the road around us, we wonder: how great of an effect does choosing alternative transportation have on the environment? <\/span><\/p>\n

As it turns out, a substantially great effect. A recent study undertaken by CheckMyBus, a search engine dedicated to bus travel, found that we would save 890 million metric tons of CO2 in a year if every American began traveling by bus rather than car. This is the equivalent of saving 840 million acres of forest, or the electricity usage of 94 million American homes in a year. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: CheckMyBus, 2016<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The transportation industry is the second largest source of pollution in the United States, releasing 1.7 billion metric tons of CO2 into the air per year, to which cars contribute 1.1 billion metric tons (64.7%). By mile, cars release twice as much CO2 than airplanes do, just under twice as much CO2 than trains, and <\/span>six<\/i><\/b> times more CO2 than buses. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: CheckMyBus 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Choosing sustainable travel, whether by bus or by train, \u00a0can go a long way towards protecting our environment. Next time you’re planning a day trip, weekend getaway, or far-off escape, consider saving yourself the parking fees and take the bus instead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the full report at CheckMyBus.com<\/a>.
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Lead photo courtesy of\u00a0New York City Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re huge fans of alternative transportation here at offMetro. Our website was founded to help others travel responsibly, and eight years later we’re still striving to see the world while impacting the environment as little as possible. Even in the spread-out United States, it\u2019s entirely possible to enjoy a vacation while leaving your personal vehicle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":55394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,747,753,271,1614,748,1867],"tags":[143,130,1615,272,734,421,204,545,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-55391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-day-trips","8":"category-bus-2","9":"category-car-2","10":"category-news","11":"category-off-the-press","12":"category-train-2","13":"category-transit-type","14":"tag-bus","15":"tag-green","16":"tag-off-the-press-2","17":"tag-press","18":"tag-sustainability","19":"tag-sustainable","20":"tag-train","21":"tag-transit","22":"tag-transportation"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":55394,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/23422320216_1d71fa7abe_o-e1481580282844-350x197.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}