Answer for question 4490.

[sabotabby]

[Error: unknown template qotd]I'm moderately decent about it, helped by a fairly straightforward recycling/organics disposal program in Toronto. Also, I don't drive and I'm a vegetarian, which massively reduces my footprint. I recognize both are a privilege of living where I do.

The one simple thing I would ask of everyone is to educate themselves about transit infrastructure. My city is so uptight about the slightest increase in taxes but transit is key to making liveable, accessible cities. Sure, it's fine to blow $2.5 billion on the Pan Am Games, but transit improvements have been in political limbo for years. Even if you don't take transit yourself, getting more people off the roads helps everyone.

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[cat-sanctuary.livejournal.com]

I'm car-free, even in the country, and plan to be until I (or my mother or Significant Other) become disabled. Hurrah for you!

[sabotabby]

And you!

I do sometimes want a car but rentals and bumming lifts off people pretty much serves the purposes I need, which are carting large things and going off to to the country. It'd be different if my mum became disabled or couldn't drive, or if I got a job at the ass end of the city. But I've managed it for almost 20 years of living in the city.