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Get There Green! September 21 to 28, 2025

How to Participate (Yes, it really is this simple)

Take Your Trip(s)

Between September 21 to 28, 2025 simply walk, bike, take public transit, carpool, drive an electric vehicle, or use another form of sustainable transportation (not driving alone in a fossil fuel-powered vehicle) for the trip(s).

Share with us on social media 

While on your trip(s), and in a safe manner, take a selfie and post it to social media using #GTG25 to let everyone know about your awesome green trip!

Reasons to Get There Green

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Walk. Bike. Take Transit. Carpool. Drive an Electric Car. Print the flyer (PDF)
The transportation sector is one of the highest sources of New York State's greenhouse gas emissions and the largest part of most New Yorkers' personal carbon footprint. Therefore, it is critically important that we all work to reduce our emissions from transportation in our daily lives to improve air quality, benefit our health and the health of others, and help to achieve New York's economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to ultimately reach a net-zero economy of the future. Learn more about the impacts of climate change in New York. 

Reasons to Participate

By using a more sustainable mode of transportation for your trips during Get There Green! you'll be joining thousands of fellow New Yorkers in not only directly improving our environment, but you may also discover that sustainable transportation is a great option for your trips.

Plus, you may discover that a more sustainable mode of transportation is both relaxing and enjoyable!

Sustainable Transportation

Get There Green! is a week to promote and celebrate more sustainable modes of transportation. During this week everyone is encouraged to join in a week of climate-action by using a more sustainable mode of transportation for as many trips as they can. These include:

  • walking;
  • biking;
  • taking public transit;
  • carpooling;
  • driving an electric vehicle; or
  • anything else that isn't driving alone in a fossil fuel powered vehicle.

Resources

There are many resources available to help you find a more sustainable way to commute.

511 NY Transit Trip Planner

Contact for this Page

Office of Sustainability
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12222

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