Green Transportation
T
he San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau estimates close to a million people visit the San Juans every year. If every four people brought a car, it would result in a quarter of a million cars clogging popular areas, creating air pollution and staining the streets with oil. Fortunately many residents provide rides for their visitors; some come
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by bicycle or boats other than the ferry and some utilize our fl edgling rental and transit systems. This reduces the amount of vehicular traffi c, but we are still faced with the dripping oil from our “island cars”.
Cleaning up the Car
San Juan County Pollution Prevention
Specialist Brian Rader has been working with automobile shop owners and reports that most repair facilities are conscientious in dealing with the notoriously drippy island car. “Staining in the various parking stalls along Spring Street appears worse than even the worst auto repair facility in the County,” he states. The best strategy for protecting the marine environment
GREEN LIVING