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Survey shows travelers taking Earth-friendly precautions
A new survey by The Go Group, an air-ground transportation company, has found that travelers are looking more and more to Earth-friendly travel habits.
Go green and save with top Amtrak rail routes
Travelers looking to “go green” and see the country need not look further than a train vacation from Vacations by Rail. The Chicago-based specialty travel company selling independent travel and group train tours and vacations around the world offers an array of exciting Amtrak train vacations for every interest along the most popular train routes in the United States.
Eight Ways to Green Your Road Trip
Memorial Day kicks off peak driving and travel season, the time when many Americans hit the road to visit relatives or see the sights. With U.S. gas prices topping $4 a gallon in some places — and likely to edge up more during summer’s high demand — you may want to consider taking more efficient mass transportation.
Deloitte Survey Finds Business Travelers Go Green On The Road
U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices hotels should be adopting today, according to a recent survey commissioned by Deloitte.
Enterprise sets Precedence of Green Rentals with Carbon Offset Program
This past September, execs from Enterprise Rent-A-Car met with representatives of TerraPass, a 14-employee San Francisco-based upstart that specializes in carbon offsets. Enterprise, the operator of the largest fleet of rental cars in the world (1.1 million vehicles), has reportedly been interested in the carbon offsetting game for quite some time.
Enterprise partners with TerraPass for Carbon Offsets
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has announced a new partnership with TerraPass, the most popular travel related arbon-offsetting programs available today.
Green Tourism High in Popularity
According to results of a survey of over 2500 travelers from around the world, green tourism made the top-3 list of travel trends, joined by concerns for germs and cell phone use on airlines.
US Secretary of Transportation says Bikes “are not transportation”
by Lloyd Alter
Interviewed on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said that instead of raising taxes on gasoline to renew the nation’s sagging infrastructure, Congress should examine its spending priorities — including investments in bike paths and trails, which, Peters said, “are not transportation.”
