| Action | Title | Description |
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| Securing Your Basic Water Needs * | Palo Alto - Emergency Preparedness |
City of Palo Alto emergency preparedness information includes hints on creating your water stores. |
| Preparing Several Days' Food Stores * | Palo Alto - Emergency Preparedness |
City of Palo Alto emergency preparedness information and resources includes hints on creating food stores. |
| Energy-Efficient Driving | Palo Alto - Electrify Your Drive! |
Information and resources related to driving an electric vehicle in Palo Alto.
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| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | Palo Alto - Is an Electric Vehicle Right for Me? |
This tool enables residents to evaluate different electric vehicles, compare costs of driving an EV to a non-EV, and see the financial impacts and environmental benefits of charging vehicles using Palo Alto’s carbon neutral electricity. |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - Online Library |
The Library has a robust online presence – with ebooks, magazines, movies and music that can be accessed 24/7. The library also subscribes to many databases that can facilitate research and learning. All e-resources can be accessed online without driving to the library. |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - Safe Routes to School |
The City of Palo Alto is committed to creating and sustaining a community partnership with the Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto PTA to reduce risks to students and encourage more families to walk and bike or use other alternatives to driving more often. |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - Mid-Peninsula Bicycle Routes |
Palo Alto participates in an extensive bicycle network to help you get places quickly and safely on designated bicycle routes. |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - 511 Bay Area Ride-Match | |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - 8 Bay Area Ride-Sharing Apps |
Bay Area article: "8 Ride-Sharing AppsThat Are Cheaper/Nicer/Eco-Friendlier Than Uber". |
| Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) | Palo Alto - Carpools at a Glance |
Bay Area Commute Tips offers resources and coupons for carpool and other ride sharing services. |
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