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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X V I O C T O B E R 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 20 Harbison, reached midway through the challenge, says Greater Portland Council of Governments was not only participating, its two dozen employees were so enthusiastic that they were shooting selfi e videos of themselves commuting another way. For some in his offi ce, says Harbison, green com- muting was nothing new. Many employees already car pool, walk or bike to work or take the public bus. One takes a ferry from her island home, then drives her electric car from the parking garage to work, where GPCOG installed an electric charging station, as it's been doing throughout the region. e farthest green commutes are probably from South Portland. "I'm guessing it takes them 30 to 40 min- utes," Harbison says. " ey go over the bridge and through the East End. It's a nice bike ride: A lot of it is off -road." » C O N T I N U E D F RO M PA G E 1 8 Site Work & Excavating Contractor in Southern Maine. Since 1987. www.gsgravel.com 1976–85 Tom & Jim work for Shaw Brothers and their father Dewayne learning the trade 1985 Tom bought his first piece of equipment, a dumptruck 1986 Jimmy joined Tom after graduating high school 1987 Gorham Sand & Gravel becomes incorporated January 1st 1990 Tom was burned and hospitalized for ~6 weeks 1991–92 Hardest years for business for GSG 1992 Start of Christmas party tradition of passing on unwrapped gifts to local children 1993 Sales top 1 million 1994 Purchased Grandfathered Gravel Pit property in Buxton from John Phinney 1994 Implemented first company safety program F O C U S Rebecca Grover, Go Maine coordinator, at a Park and Ride in South Portland. P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY CITIES WITH THE GREENEST COMMUTERS Walk, bike or work from home Public transportation Carpool Drive alone 1 Cambridge 36.4% 29.6% 5.0% 27.9% 2 New York City 15.1% 56.3% 4.7% 22.1% 3 Union City, N.J. 15.8% 42.0% 14.4% 26.7% 4 Washington 19.8% 39.6% 6.5% 33.1% 5 Jersey City, N.J. 12.0% 49.1% 6.9% 30.9% S O U R C E : NerdWallet, based on U.S. Census data Percentage of population that commutes according to various methods