IndyGo bus route provides greener options
April 3, 2008
By: HiLite Staff
As of March 10, the IndyGo Company has offered its bus service to people commuting from Carmel to Indianapolis. Some students may take advantage of this opportunity, saving gas money and limiting pollution on the way.
But on a larger scale, students can and should apply this concept of public transportation to their daily lives. It can be the first step among many that students can take in order to protect the environment.
“Going green” has recently become a cultural catch phrase and phenomenon. People are increasingly conscious of how much gasoline they use, how much waste they produce and the affect of their lives on the overall environment. Organizations here like The Healthy Environment Club work to increase awareness about pollution, litter and global warming.
Still, hundreds of students’ cars park daily in the stadium parking lot. It appears that students may fail to see what they can do every day to improve the condition of the world they will live in for the next several decades.
This school offers buses that pick students up at their homes and drops them right off at the school door. Rather than complaining about walking up the trail, and then complaining about global warming and the environment, students should utilize this free transportation as much as possible.
Students would not even have to take the bus every day. What if every student took the bus once a week, or twice a week? Or even if they just took the bus on rainy days? Taking the bus when it is rainy or cold would benefit both the student and the environment. Making that choice every week would drastically cut down on the number of students driving to school, and in addition, they would save both gas money and gas emissions.
Admittedly, taking the bus is not the coolest way to get to school. People, especially upperclassmen, prefer the look of driving. But this choice is a question of “walking the walk,” no pun intended.
Many students preach about “going green” while driving to school and ignoring the more environmentally friendly options available for transportation.
They could just as easily take the bus, with the added bonus of not having to walk up and down the trail. At the very least, they could carpool with friends to limit the number of vehicles driving to and from this school.
In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, students need to take several steps, and trying to utilize public transportation is a good start. Whether taking an IndyGo bus downtown or taking the bus to school once a week, students can ease their environmental concerns by limiting gas emissions and conserving fuel.
Taking the bus, or even carpooling, is a smart way for students to take their own generation’s advice. If students really want to “go green,” they can use public transportation—in addition to recycling and refilling their water bottles—rather than just drive.
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