[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Bus to Nature (and Work) & Bike Walk Pizza!

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: Get Your GreenBack Tompkins <kwb6 at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Bus to Nature (and Work) & Bike Walk Pizza!
> Date: July 23, 2015 11:07:13 AM EDT
> To: Shira Evergreen <shiraevergreen at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Get Your GreenBack Tompkins <kwb6 at cornell.edu>
> 
> Toddlers on TCAT, bus to nature, bike walk networking, and more
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> Commuting With Kids...On the Bus!
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> Alli and her son Khai on their way to drop him off at preschool.
> By Sarah Paez
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> Allison “Alli” Sribarra has been using alternate forms of transportation for most of her adult life. When she and her husband moved from a neighborhood in Maryland with easily accessible public transportation to Ithaca, Alli immediately found a carpool to work through Zimride. Six months later, they moved to Danby and finding a carpool proved challenging. However, she found a bus route that was only a short walk away, and has been using that to commute to work ever since.
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> Alli takes the bus four days a week, and on most days she brings her children—a two-year-old and a five-month-old—with her. On bringing her children on the bus with her, Alli says, “It’s not as hard as you might think it is, because TCAT and other people are just really, really helpful…the other people on the bus are always trying to help me juggle strollers.” 
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> Taking the bus to and from work allows the Sribarras to remain a one-car family, which, according to AAA, helps them save thousands of dollars every year, and reduces their carbon pollution significantly. Additionally, Alli said taking the bus helps her with exercise, because she walks about a half a mile to the bus stop and back. “With two kids, walking to the bus is my only exercise,” she says.
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> One challenge Alli faced while navigating the TCAT website was figuring out which fare option was best for her. “It took some time for me to do the math to figure out which bus pass I needed,” she says. “I now have a bus pass for zone 1 and zone 2,” which ended up being more cost-effective for her.
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> “Driving is very isolating,” says Alli. “When I’m on the bus, sometimes I read, sometimes I chat with people on the bus.” Because Danby is a more rural part of Tompkins County, Alli says riding the bus has helped build relationships with the bus-riding regulars in Danby.
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> Riding the bus has also helped her build relationships with her children. “On days that I have my kids with me it’s a nice bonding time for us, because we’ll look out the windows or read a book,” she says.
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> When she stepped off the bus one summer morning, she leaned down to her two-year-old son Khai and said, “We’re lucky because we know how to take the bus, right?” Khai nodded and smiled. 
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> TCAT Offers Bus Service to State Parks
> Seven-Day Summer Service
> TCAT's Route 22 now provides service to all three state parks--Buttermilk Falls, Taughannock Falls, and Robert H. Treman State Parks--seven days of the week. Saturday and Sunday service will continue through Sunday, September 6, and Monday through Friday service will continue through Friday, August 21. Because the Finger Lakes State Park Region has constructed a better entryway into Treman Park, Route 22 can now pick up and deliver passengers directly at the park's office. This eliminates the quarter mile walk passengers would normally make to get to Treman's trailheads and swimming area. Read more about this special summer route here. 
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> Featured Event: Bike Walk Pizza
> Monday, July 27th, 5-7 pm
> Stewart Park, near the small pavilion in the children's play area
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> It’s time for the second Bike Walk Pizza networking event, sponsored by Bike Walk Tompkins.
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> Come out to a casual get together at Stewart Park in Ithaca on Monday, July 27. Enjoy free pizza, meet fellow active transportation enthusiasts, talk about your wishes and ideas for a more bikeable and walkable community, and explore all the new progress being made on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.
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> This gathering is open to anyone interested in making Ithaca a better community for biking and walking, and your RSVP is highly appreciated for pizza-ordering purposes. Please RSVP through the Facebook event page or by emailing Karim Beers atkwb6 at cornell.edu.
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> Bring your bike for an optional group ride around the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.
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> Upcoming Events
> Volunteers Needed for Finger Lakes Wine and Cheese Festival
> Saturday, July 25 10AM-5PM
> Sunset View Creamery, 4970 County Road 14, Odessa, NY
> Volunteer shifts are available for the FL Wine and Cheese Festival. Volunteering gets you free admission and a free t-shirt. Contact Carol Fingar to volunteer at flxcheesetrail at gmail.com.
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> Compost With Confidence
> Saturday, July 25, 11AM-12PM
> Ithaca Farmer's Market, 545 Third St.
> In the second part of this compost series, learn how to troubleshoot your compost bin by figuring out what's wrong and finding the remedy. To sign up in advance, contact Adam Michaelides,acm1 at cornell.edu or call (607) 272-2292.
> 
> Food Policy Council for Tompkins County
> Wednesday, July 29, 5:30-8:00PM
> Borg Warner Room at Tompkins County Public Library
> A Food Policy Council for Tompkins County is currently being formed. Learn about the soon-to-be-launched Food Policy Council and how you can participate on it, and share your views on food policy at the next meeting of the Feeding Our Future network. This session is free (and will include a serving of healthy food) but please pre-register by writing holly at greenstar.coop or calling 607-277-0020 ext 509. For questions about the Food Policy Council, write tcfoodpolicycouncil at gmail.com or call 607-252-6695.
> 
> Solar PV Installation Course
> August 17-20, 8:30AM-4:00PM
> ETM Solar Works, 300 North Street, Endicott, NY 13760
> This course covers the basics of how to site, design and install photovoltaic (PV) systems. Course fee is $345, with a limited number of income-eligible scholarships available. Deadline for registration is July 31st. For further information call 607-777-2792.
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> Tompkins County Free Food Listing
> Friendship Donations Network (FDN) provides produce, breads, desserts, dairy, deli and groceries (if available) to a variety of programs and food pantries in Tompkins County, listed in the link above. For a full listing of food pantries and community meals in TC, follow the link here.
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