- I cannot use my car for commuting to work
- I cannot use my car for shopping or running errands
- I cannot use my car for going out to eat
- I cannot have someone (by themselves) pick me up in their car. If they have other people with them, then it is allowed. The reasoning behind this is that I shall not inconvenience other people, nor shall I contribute to someone else driving alone just for my benefit. I can, however, take transit to and from someone else's place, and drive somewhere with them.
- If I leave from work with someone (in their car) and rode transit to work, I must have them either drop me off at a transit stop on the way back to their place, or use transit from their place to home. If I rode my bike into work, I should either leave my bike there overnight and follow the transit method, or have the person drop me back off at work, and ride home.
- I may ride with people to go out to lunch from the office, as long as they chose to drive to the office without my influence.
- I must bike to and from work at least 5 times. It is a short (~4 mile) ride each way, so there should be no reason I cannot do this, unless I injure myself somehow.
- I will use my car for a drive, likely just through the country, for no more than one hour, once each week, just to make sure that it still gets some exercise. I cannot get a meal, or run errands while on this drive. I can go geohashing on this drive, if desired. If geohashing, I can drive for longer than an hour, but other rules still apply.
- The only other excusable use for my car is in an emergency.
- I must go to the grocery store at least once a week, and I must get a six-pack of beer from the grocery store when I go. I will not sacrifice my beer habit just for the sake of going car free.
My reasoning behind using the month of November to do this experiment isn't all that strong, but still worthy. November is typically a rather cool, but not very cold, and rather wet month which shall provide me with reluctance for using bike or transit to work. However, since it is not typically very cold, it shouldn't provide so much reluctance as to prevent me from completing my task. I also thought of it mere days before October rolled in, and hadn't really thought through all of the logistics of doing it yet. November should be representative enough of the cool/cold and rainy months that my experiences should apply to being able to go car free for a good portion of the year, which will hopefully convince me to use my car less for getting to work in the future.
I will use this blog to record my thoughts and feelings about how everything is going.
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