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Use public transportation at least once a week

Instead of driving a car to work and school every day, use buses, metros, trains, and other forms of public transportation as much as possible. Click for more information on public transportation in Frederick County.

Learn about Commuter Choice, a program that provides incentives for Marylanders using public transportation and carpooling to get to work.

Use alternate transportation such as walking and biking at least once a week

You can eliminate your fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions related to transportation by walking or biking to work or school every day. Click for more information on biking and pedestrian transit in Frederick County.

Drive a hybrid, electric, or alternative fuel vehicle

A hybrid electric vehicle contains an electric engine which allows a smaller and more efficient combustion engine to be used. Hybrids emit fewer tailpipe pollutants than vehicles with traditional combustion engines, and they use less fuel.

An electric vehicle uses an electric engine powered by a rechargeable battery pack. While electric vehicles often use electricity that is generated by burning coal and other fossil fuels, they do not emit tailpipe pollutants, and they have the potential to run on electricity generated by renewable sources, such as solar, wind, and geothermal.

Other alternatives to traditional gasoline fuel include: diesel, biofuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas, and hydrogen fuel cells (still in developmental stages).

Click for more information on efficient and alternative fuel vehicles, fuel economy and labeling, and the carbon footprints of different vehicle types.