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Driving
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Coordinated
Transportation Plan - HOMER Area
This could be our biggest step
towards some form of public transportation.
Keep posted on upcoming meetings for public input.
Download the coordination strategies for the Central Kenai
Peninsula and Homer here.
For more information e-mail Anne
Brooks or call 1-866-535-1877.
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Check out the local electric
vehicles down at Alaska
High Mountain Energy in the Yurt Village.
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Send out a Ride Line on the radio!
Call 235-7721for KBBI and get (or give) a ride up the road
to Sodotna, Anchorage, or even all the way to the Lower 48!
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Ride the
bus!
The Homer Stageline goes to Anchorage and Seward.
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The
first Smart Car in Alaska belongs to Simyra Hlebechuk of Halo
Bay Wilderness Camp. 45 mpg!
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Residents of
the lower Kenai Peninsula drive thousands of miles annually,
both within the city limits, and on the roads to and from Homer
(not to mention regular road trips to Kenai, Soldotna, and
Anchorage).
According to the Alliance to Save Energy, “At
today’s gas prices ($2.38 per gallon), U.S. households driving SUVs can expect to spend $2,860 on fuel in one year, while U.S.
households driving hybrid-electric vehicles will only spend
between $800 and $1,580 per year.” Note: gas is much more than that now...
Focusing on
efficiency in our vehicles not only saves money, it helps with carbon
reduction. According to the City of Homer’s 2006 Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Survey, surface transportation produces 21%
of total greenhouse gas emissions, while marine transportation (as
estimated from fuel sold at the two harbor fuel stations)
produces an additional 17%.
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