Share a Ride and Be Entered to Win an iPad2!

There are only 14 days left until one Zimride user or Ithaca Carshare member takes home an iPad2!

As a current Zimride Tompkins user, you can add a ride, or edit and existing ride to be entered to win and iPad2! Remember, you can use Zimride Tompkins to commute to work, go grocery shopping, run errands downtown, or even get to Syracuse for that doctor's appointment!

http://zimride.com/tompkins

Or apply for Ithaca Carshare by January 31st using the promo code "New Years" (no quotes) on your application to also be entered to win!

Start this year off on the right foot by sharing a ride with Ithaca Carshare and Zimride Tompkins!

For more information, visit www.Way2Go.org

Do you want to see more bikes on campus?

The Bomber Bike Initiative (BBI) needs your help! We are a student-led campus group working to make IC a more bike-friendly campus. BBI's goals are to get more covered bike storage on campus and possibly start a bike-share program open to all Ithaca students, staff, and faculty.

Please take 3 minutes of your time to answer a few survey questions concerning your bike use on campus (even if you don't have any interest in bikes, we want your opinion too!). Your feedback is very valuable and much appreciated. If you have already participated in our survey, thanks for your input!

Green Transportation for Thanksgiving Break

Need a ride home? Or looking for some passengers for some company and to split the costs of driving? Check out Zimride, which provides a super easy way for members to organize carpools. Whether going home for Thanksgiving or doing a cross country road trip, Zimride has you covered!

How to take advantage of Zimride:
1. Sign-in with your Ithaca College email.
2. Driving? Post your trip and sell the empty seats in your car to fellow Ithaca College students.
3. Need a ride? Grab a seat from a Ithaca College student heading home for the holidays.

You can also check out the Tompkins County network, which would broaden your search results.

Taking public transportation is the least impactful way for one person to get home, but driving a full car (that is relatively fuel-efficient) may actually have a lower carbon footprint. So if you have to drive, make sure your car is full!

Need a ride? Try Zimride!

Zimride is a handy service that facilitates finding rides, whether it be a commute, one-time ride to an event, or a carpool back home for Thanksgiving break.

The website is pretty user-friendly, and it integrates with Facebook (for your Facebook-stalking convenience... just kidding). If you need a ride, you can post when and where you are looking for transportation, and you can browse for rides being offered. If you have a car, you can post a ride, say if you're going home one weekend or for a break. Zimride helps find potential matches for you, and can send you email alerts you when they are found.

For trips to or from out of town, ridesharing is a good alternative for people who can't afford the cost or time to take the bus or have a lot of cargo. It's much cheaper (for everyone involved) to share with multiple people, or even just one person, than to drive yourself. It also means less cars will be on the road, reducing pollution and fossil fuel demand.

I used Zimride earlier this summer to get home, and it worked out great for me. While most of the longer-distance rides are to the major cities in the Northeast, the more people that start using Zimride, the more community resources (i.e. rides) will be available, and the more effectively we can meet each others' needs and reduce our collective carbon footprint.

Check out Way2Go for more transportation options.