Comments on: Oberlin Looks to Make Its Transportation Options More Energy Efficient http://www.cnt.org/news/2011/06/15/oberlin-looks-to-make-its-transportation-options-more-energy-efficient/ Sustainable Communities. Attainable Results. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:33:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Katie McCaskey http://www.cnt.org/news/2011/06/15/oberlin-looks-to-make-its-transportation-options-more-energy-efficient/comment-page-1/#comment-142168 Katie McCaskey Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:16:36 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=4578#comment-142168 Looking forward to reading this case study. There are interesting urban core revitalization/transportation efforts in small towns which deserve more attention. Looking forward to reading this case study. There are interesting urban core revitalization/transportation efforts in small towns which deserve more attention.

]]> By: Robert Miller http://www.cnt.org/news/2011/06/15/oberlin-looks-to-make-its-transportation-options-more-energy-efficient/comment-page-1/#comment-129480 Robert Miller Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:23:02 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=4578#comment-129480 A laudable initiative. However, remember that biodiesel, while renewable, is not an energy-efficient response to a car-oriented environment. Biodiesel usually generates less energy than is required to manufacture it. A laudable initiative. However, remember that biodiesel, while renewable, is not an energy-efficient response to a car-oriented environment. Biodiesel usually generates less energy than is required to manufacture it.

]]> By: Chris Bradshaw http://www.cnt.org/news/2011/06/15/oberlin-looks-to-make-its-transportation-options-more-energy-efficient/comment-page-1/#comment-123841 Chris Bradshaw Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:50:07 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=4578#comment-123841 As an Oberlin grad ('66, government) and a sustainable transportation advocate (co-founder Vrtucar, s-t trainer, vice-chair, Ottawa Seniors Transportation Committee), I am very interested in this. I didn't see any mention of Oberlin's carsharing venture, although it may have folded. A Cleveland organization co-founded it. I also would like to see a kind of home-energy-audit program to help people look at transportation: analysing each home's transportation 'fleet' and use of the vehicles, compared to the alternatives available. It will need an education component. In a town the size of Oberlin, carsharing can provide a shared fleet of vehicles of varying sizes to be used for -- and compensate for its small market size -- transit, car-rental, delivery, taxi, and driver services. Check out the ITNAmerica.org site for how this can work for just seniors. p.s., I am editing a special edition of the ejournal for the Can. Assoc. for the Club of Rome on how and why the world should move towards Metered Access to Shared Cars (MASC) from the OPOCO (one-person, one-car orientation), due to appear in early Nov. As an Oberlin grad (’66, government) and a sustainable transportation advocate (co-founder Vrtucar, s-t trainer, vice-chair, Ottawa Seniors Transportation Committee), I am very interested in this.

I didn’t see any mention of Oberlin’s carsharing venture, although it may have folded. A Cleveland organization co-founded it.

I also would like to see a kind of home-energy-audit program to help people look at transportation: analysing each home’s transportation ‘fleet’ and use of the vehicles, compared to the alternatives available. It will need an education component.

In a town the size of Oberlin, carsharing can provide a shared fleet of vehicles of varying sizes to be used for — and compensate for its small market size — transit, car-rental, delivery, taxi, and driver services. Check out the ITNAmerica.org site for how this can work for just seniors.

p.s., I am editing a special edition of the ejournal for the Can. Assoc. for the Club of Rome on how and why the world should move towards Metered Access to Shared Cars (MASC) from the OPOCO (one-person, one-car orientation), due to appear in early Nov.

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