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Car and Bike Share Programs, Shuttle Service, and Farmers' Markets Car/Bike Share Develop policies and incentives that attract bike and car sharing companies TL -3 Promotion to establish service. Expand Local Encourage the expansion of local shuttle service routes and/or frequency TL -6 Shuttle Service of service within city limits to connect areas not covered by public transit. Local Farmers' Encourage community farmers' markets with locally -grown food and TL -7 Markets Promotion community gardens to reduce associated VMT. What Would It Be Like? Strategies and Actions 3C 178 23 Many of us drive our cars for short trips. We drive three blocks to work out at the local gym, we drop off our teenager at a friend's house in the neighborhood, or we move our car to park near the entrance of the next store on our list of errands. Some short car trips are necessary; for example, health and mobility issues might limit our ability to walk. Other times, driving is convenient: when we're in a hurry, if it's cold or raining, or if we have a lot of groceries to carry. However, some short car trips might be easily made by foot or bike. What if we all chose to walk or bike for just half of our car trips of under a mile? If we all chose to power half of these short trips with our feet instead of petroleum, assuming an average fuel economy of 22 mpg and an average fuel price of $2.50/gallon, we would save about $575 million in fuel costs and about 2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. That's like taking approximately 400,000 cars off the road each year. The total financial savings are even bigger — almost $900 million dollars — when you include savings on maintenance and tire replacement.52 Transportation and mobile emissions make up the majority of Redwood City's emissions and these emissions are still growing in relative and absolute terms, as is the case statewide. To combat this, the State has set its sights on incentivizing the adoption of electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in order to meet the goal of getting 5 million EVs on the road by 2030. The City will continue working towards making EV ownership and shared electric modes of transportation as convenient as possible by participating in programs such as SunShares that leverage buying power to offer discounts for Bay Area residents and working with partners like Peninsula Clean Energy to expand the EV charging station network. In addition, the City will explore ways to reduce off-road emissions from mobile equipment. City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 55