Cutting Your Car Use (100 simple tips!)

Not every trip needs a car. You can walk, cycle or combine journeys, to lower running costs, and get some fresh air and exercise too.

Read the lovely little guidebook Cutting Your Car Use. Printed on 100% recycled paper, it includes 100 simple tips. The author (England’s first traffic reduction consultant) walks and cycles most places, and sometimes hires a car or  taxi, showing you can mix and match, to suit your lifestyle.

Antifreeze is lethal to pets/wildlife, so let mechanics change it in enclosed spaces. Or use funnels (as with oil) and use sand/kitty litter to absorb spills (don’t mop).