Topic 3 : "Drive Less, Save More"

Traffic congestion takes a heavy toll on residents, our economy and the environment. Drive Less Save More seeks to reduce single-occupant car trips and vehicle miles traveled as a means of better managing the demand put on our transportation system and minimizing the environmental impacts of vehicle use. To reduce this problem, we got some strategies such as trip chaining and/or use of transportation options, including transit, ride-sharing, teleworking, biking and walking.

But when we go through on logistics concept, Drive Less Save More, majority all company set their strategies on this proverb. This is happened because all company want capital for their transportation decrease and that will increase their profit. Some example that we will see is one company want send their product at Sri Lanka, at the same time got another one company also want send their product to Sri Lanka, they can share the transportation to reduce their cost of transportation. It can save their money and also energy.

Transportation is the largest single source of air pollution in the United States. Fortunately, clean vehicle and fuel technologies can significantly reduce air pollution from cars and trucks. Hybrid, electric, and fuel-cell technologies are increasingly coming to market and offer long-term solutions to reduce global warming emissions.

Furthermore, instead of companies operating their own dedicated logistics, he envisions greater sharing, and less duplication of effort. Rather than many standalone warehouses, we would have "open hubs" as distribution centers. And, as with the Internet, there would be universal protocols for how goods pass through, and a universal packet size (as with the standard 40 foot shipping container, but a lot smaller). The result would be less waste, and less harm to the environment.

Let we see on public transportation, like bus or taxi, this transportation can make people easy to go anywhere without driving by their own. Public transport has also helped people around us, but the irresponsibility that is at the driver has obscures the eyes of the public to refuse to take the public transport. One example of irresponsible drivers is increasing prices of as he wished, not punctual, dangerous driving and more. But not all bus drivers like this. Let’s take the bus or taxi for drive less, save more.

Date of published: 16th February 2014