Cohousing-L Mailing List: Commuter service--an early response

[Joani Blank (joani]

Friends,

Stephanie Fassnacht from Village Cohouisng in Madison, WI  sent the 
following tally of commuters in her community:

---3-- Walk
---2-- Ride a bicycle
------ Ride a scooter or motorcycle
------ Use public transportation
---2---Drive a hybrid car
-------Drive an all-electric car
___  Drive an alternative fuel vehicle (eg.. natural gas, bio-diesel)
_9__Drive a "regular" gas car

or

__1__Work at home

She also wrote

> Almost everyone would bike, walk, or take public transportation if it 
> were feasible for them.  Reasons that it isn't include:
>     -- Workplace too far away and no public transportation to the place
>     -- Small children and their stuff to drop off and pick up on the way.
>     -- Too much work-related material to haul back and forth every day.
>     -- Place of work varies from week to week (med school residency, 
> practicums, school substitute teacher---       these folks usually 
> bike or walk when they can).
I hope that others of you who send me the summaries from your community 
will include will enhance your report with comments such as this one. 
Thanks, Stephanie for the excellent modeling!

Joani Blank
Swan's Market Cohousing
Oakland, CA