Uploaded on July 26, 2007
by forwhatreason
My husband and I have been car free for about six years. Whenever I lose track of when it was we sold the Honda Civic and picked muscles over motors I look at the about page of City Car Share. http://www.citycarshare.org/aboutus.do There is it: ”In 2001 a group of transportation activists launched City CarShare”. We sold our car shortly after City Car Share launched. Car Share helped us decide we could live without owning a car. We bought our bike trailer right around that time as well.
Grocery shopping by bike trailer is one of the things I love most about not owning a car. I hook up our trusty BicycleR Evolution trailer http://www.bikerev.com/, hop on my bike and I’m on my way; reusable cloth bags and lock and cable inside the trailer. I shop around, now that I’m carless. Instead of always walking to the closest store, or driving to the one with the easiest parking, I play the field. If I just need one or two items I walk, but for a case of wine, or three bags full, I bike. I didn’t expect being car free to mean my options were increased. But that is exactly what happened.
Rainbow Grocery, 10% SFBC membership discount, wonderful grocery store, uphill on the way home. About 2 miles round trip.
Haight Street Market, family run, fun to shop there, easy to get to, sweet Page Street downhill ride home. About 2 miles round trip.
Trader Joes on Masonic, TJs, so many must haves, smile as I cruise by the line of cars waiting to park, downhill home - but boy do I hate the Masonic Speedway! About 3 miles round trip
Or by foot:
Golden Natural Foods and Produce on Church Street. They just opened a larger store closer to Duboce. Super nice and good selection. 5 blocks round trip.
Safeway on Church and Market- only if absolutely necessary. 5 blocks round trip, feels like 5 more once inside. Safeway - the universal leveler.
All distances eyeballed using the Cliff Bar 2 Mile Challange:
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