{"id":3472,"date":"2008-09-08T09:37:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2008-09-08T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T15:37:09","slug":"six-benefits-of-taking-public-tranportation-that-arent-environmental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/six-benefits-of-taking-public-tranportation-that-arent-environmental\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Benefits of Taking Public Tranportation That Aren’t Environmental"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Yesterday I spent the afternoon at GreenFest Philly<\/a>, and I took public transportation from South Jersey to get into Philadelphia. I then walked about 12 blocks to get to the festival. I wavered back and forth on taking the public transportation. Since I live in the suburbs it’s not usually how I get places because there isn’t a good system in place, but there is a high speed line station in my town that takes people between here and Philadelphia so I decided to use it.<\/p>\n When I got to the train station, my first thoughts were “it would be so much faster just to drive over the bridge.” But I wanted to do the right thing. Then the stupid ticket machine kept spitting out my dollars and gave me only a two second window to ask for a receipt which I missed. I was rather annoyed by the time I sat down to wait TWENTY minutes for the next train. Again I thought, “I could have driven and been there before the train even arrives.”<\/p>\n By the time I actually got to the festival, however, I realized that my whole attitude had changed. The environmental benefits of taking public transportation are well known. Less cars on the road mean less pollution. Less fuel used by individual motorists means less of our natural resources consumed. But I realized by the time I hit Headhouse Square where the festival was being held that there are other benefits to taking public transportation.<\/p>\n How about you? What benefits do you see from taking public transportation that are beyond environmental?<\/p>\n Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n Public Transit is for Lovers<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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