The layers of industrialized manufacture, transportation of finished product and shipment, delivery of raw materials, and by-products of the manufacturing process lie behind every smoothly wrapped, brightly printed piece of merchandise. That is the model that made America famous.
If you ever had a good idea about what to concerning certain neighborhood problems or evolving issues in your neighborhood, employing a green solution might be the best pathway to success. In previous years, red tape and mounting costs of any private or public project has met with fierce resistance.
There is a phrase which will live in infamy. “You can’t beat City Hall”. This phrase communicates well enough the Western motif of any government blocking incidence of change and citizenry breakthroughs.
Well, once upon a time that may have been true. But these days, City Hall is broke. City Hall needs dollars. Due to state budgets, declining consumerism and state tax revenues, falling home values and a tax base withering into the horizon, City Hall has not only tapped its piggy bank, but the piggy has been twisted and wrung out and squealed its last squeal. Amid this pyramid of metaphors lies a basic fact: The Green Movement may help residents cut through some red tape
Municipalities and community governance boards need more wiggle room in their budget than ever. Luxuries like litter removal, graffiti repair, vandalism due to lack of patrol capability, carpooling or shuttle transportation may be costing the local government a fortune.
Why not work to cut out these economies of fail and help your community reduce overspending on underutilized or value reducing services. If certain volumes of need have shrunk due to a declining economy, the need for some ballast services may be completely redundant.
a) Park N’ Ride or Handicapped Shuttles.
Carpooling in some areas just never took on. Or some popular transit destinations don’t meet cleanly. Your city pays a single shuttle van to streak across town round trip to accommodate various handicapped.
Conditions in your city may have also been reduced to the point where a personal vehicle can accommodate the task. But try suggesting a handicapped person or senior get a ride from the community pool of carpool or vanpool roster of staff. Allow city rideshare or van sharing to implement the schedule genuinely coordinate rides around the neighborhood.
b) Dearth of Transit Hot Spots
Many communities pride themselves on dozens of buses and a few trains meeting densely in one interconnected place. But a transit map of that city may have gaping spots where seniors and others may not be able to get anywhere near their end point using public transportation.
Sign a petition (or draft one and get it signed) to reduce frequency of unused summer business routes or run second-schedule routes to areas neglected by any public transit. Ride sharing in this manner could keep an entire fleet of shuttle buses (and the fuel or gas or fuel) for one run or the entire route.
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