The Nature Challenge

Take transit, walk, bicycle or carpool to work once a week.

Each year, Canadians make 2,000 car trips for distances less then three kilometres. Many of these trips could easily be done on foot, transit or bicycle — a healthier alternative for you and the environment.

Essential Facts

Researchers in California found the air we breathe inside our cars can be up to 10 times more polluted than the air outside.
Walking or cycling to work are excellent ways to incorporate exercise into your daily routine.
In 1999, the Canadian Automobile Association estimated that the annual cost of owning and operating a subcompact car was $7,500 compared to $11,500 to operate a full-size one. A Toronto study estimated that the annual cost of alternative transportation was $5,600.
Read the Nature Challenge newsletter for more tips on alternative transportation.

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