Presentation to be held at the New Westminster Public Library
on May 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Health, Environment and Finance Alert — BEST (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation) Announces Good News for AutoObesity Sufferers

Clogged transportation arteries, bloated carbon footprints, difficulty breathing, muscular weakness and atrophy, dependence, addiction, danger to children on the streets, accidents, injury, and malnourished wallets are just a few of the symptoms of the plague of AutoObesity throughout Metro Vancouver and North America.

Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST)—BC’s leader in transportation options—has a solution: The BEST Car Diet.

BEST’s Car Diet supports long-term behaviour change by helping people lose the excess auto and fight car addiction.

The BEST’s Car Diet is effective because it addresses not just the environmental aspect of car use, but also the social, financial and health components. When people have it demonstrated to them that getting rid of that second and third vehicle will save them money, cut air pollution and green house gasses, make their streets and communities safer for their children and make them healthier, it becomes an easy choice to donate a vehicle. In exchange, besides the aforementioned benefits, households will receive a charitable tax receipt for the full value of the car, access to driving credits in the Co-op Auto Network, personalized transportation planning services and other incentives such as bicycles, ebikes, transit tickets or passes, as appropriate.

Besides being a pedestrian and bicycling friendly city, with its unique geographical location, New Westminster is situated in the hub of the region’s public transportation system. Find out why 34% of all commuting trips are done by sustainable modes of transportation!