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Commute SMART creates online “Teleworking 101” guide
May 1 2020
https://commutesmartseacoast.org/working-from-home-101
Celebrating Sustainable Commuting Champions
November 27 2019
CommuteSMARTseacoast celebrated the efforts of twenty-four employers for their effort in promoting carpooling, transit, walking, bicycling, and teleworking at a recent Sustainability Awards Celebration at the Portsmouth Brewery. Companies applied for bronze, silver, or gold achievement levels based on performance in fourteen sustainable transportation activities such as giving sustainable transportation information to new hires, offering […]
Thanks to NHDOT and Keith Cota for Bike Lane
September 17 2019
CommuteSMART Seacoast and SABR (Seacoast Area Bicycle Riders) would like to thank NHDOT, and particularly Keith Cota, Chief Project Manager, for the new bike and pedestrian lane on the new Spaulding Turnpike bridge. Throughout 2017 and 2018, Mr. Cota and the NHDOT team sought and listened to community feedback on a multi-year shuttle bus proposed […]
May Commute Smart B2B Challenge a Success
July 3 2019
During our recent Commute Smart B2B Challenge, 976 employees from 64 Seacoast companies used a sustainable form of transportation to commute to work or school. They carpooled, vanpooled, rode the bus or a moped, bicycled, walked, or telecommuted. The goal of the challenge was to reduce the frequency of people driving alone to work – […]
The Downside of Uber and Lyft
January 16 2019
The dangerous ride-hailing and public transportation equivalency Jeff Speck Sunday, January 13, 2019 – 2:06pm Shutterstockbikeworldtravel Excerpted from “Walkable City Rules: 101 rules for making better places,” Jeff Speck (Island Press, 2018). All rights reserved. North America, along with much of the world, has been building and rebuilding its cities and towns quite badly for more than […]
Good news about electric buses
January 2 2019
Electric buses push forward worldwide. More than 385,000 fully electric buses are in use around the world, CityLab reported earlier this year. China is the clear leader in the electric bus game, with 99 percent of the world’s battery-powered buses, according to a 2018 report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. But the trend is beginning […]
Five Badass Bike Commuters
February 26 2018
So who ARE these folks embracing wind, rain, snow, and freezing temperature to ride to work in the winter?! Here are the stories of five bicyclists who enjoy their cold weather commutes. David Brown, 31, works as a test engineer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and bikes year-round because the traffic at the shipyard can […]
Meet Sarah Greenan – Smart Commuter of the Month
January 11 2018
Home: Portsmouth Occupation: On the marketing team at Pax World, a sustainable investing firm Why do you commute smart? I really enjoy the 15 minute walk – rain, sun,or snow. It’s great exercise and “me” time to prepare for the day and decompress at the end. I like making a small contribution to sustainable […]
Treading Lightly: Carpooling is good for you, and the planet
October 3 2017
By Sarah Cushman Years ago, carpooling was far more commonplace than it is today, both in Maine and around the country. Until the 1950s, most American families owned just one car – or none at all. In Maine – the most rural state in the country, according the 2010 U.S. Census – it often took […]
Portsmouth’s Parking Woes
September 18 2017
Reducing the Demand for Downtown Parking Yes, Portsmouth has a parking problem. Increasing the supply of parking spaces is only part of the solution. Let’s look at reducing the DEMAND for parking. Ultimately, there are no magic bullets to solve Portsmouth’s parking problem. It will take a collaborative effort between the City, employers, commuters, and […]
