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Green is the new black...?

Maybe not. But it is the new low-emission livery service on the Cape & Islands

gogreen1plate200x122_250“Go green, go safe, and go with all-wheel drive.” This is the slogan of the Cape’s very first environmentally friendly transportation service, Green Shuttle of Cape Cod. This livery service only uses safe hybrid vehicles (Toyota Prius, Nissan Altima, and Mercury Mariner) that comply with California’s “partial zero emissions” standard.


The company is also looking forward to the advent of commercially distributed hydrogen powered automobiles, like the one Honda is currently working on. Green Shuttle’s website mentions that they recently placed an order for a 12-passenger van that operates on bio-diesel. This can be used for larger parties.

You can go to, from, and around the Cape and Islands in any of the Green Shuttle vehicles. Popular destinations include TF Green Airport, Logan International Airport, Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods, and other locations in Providence and Boston. Green Shuttle will also take you for a day shopping trip anywhere you would like in the region with the Green for a Day service, drive you to do your weekly errands at your convenience, and transport you to any New England hospital to reduce the stress of driving there yourself.

Green Shuttle provides travelers with a complimentary newspaper and beverage of their choice, as well as in-vehicle wireless Internet. Anyone can book a ride online, or you can call to make an appointment at 508-360-3163. Rates vary between destinations and pick-up locations.

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03/22/08 @ 9:42 pm
Monponsett [Member] writes:
If I sell the New Hampshire place, I'm going to look into being taken to the market and so forth by rickshaw. Eco friendly, lots of straining biceps, and no one else has one... win/win/win.
03/27/08 @ 9:57 pm
umassjsp [Member] writes:
Some people might think "going green" means that they get to burn tree while being taken to the airport. Kind of like a Cheech and Chong taxi service. Great idea...I hope they succeed.
04/26/08 @ 7:59 am
teaticket_taxpayer [Member] writes:
Nobody likes diesels... but they are making their comeback...
04/26/08 @ 9:31 am
hamalcar [Member] writes:
mav..
is your charter craft 'green"?

..let's invite the whole crew and go shark fishing..

any limitations on bait will be resolved...
04/27/08 @ 5:34 pm
maverick [Member] writes:
hamalcar...my craft is not green. And here are the reasons why.

There is no clear definition for what makes a green business. Environmental marketing company, TerraChoicw studied 1,018 products that made environmental claims. It found all but one of the items made statements that were either demonstrably false or misleading. The study may have suffered due to overly stringent standards but it does illustrate problems in the green marketplace.

That makes it a bit of the Wild West out there. Sounds like Cape Wind to me.
04/27/08 @ 7:01 pm
hamalcar [Member] writes:
mav..

your craft will be "green" when you pay up your Carbon Foot Print extortion to the Emperor Al Gore..

just a shakedown like the old days from the 'Hill'....

difference is..

the shakedown will be perpetual..
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Samantha Pearsall is a senior at Endicott College on the North Shore, majoring in Contemporary Journalism and minoring in Business Administration. A native Cape Codder from Falmouth, she writes about current Cape issues affecting college-aged Cape Codders. "Sam" does some occasional reporting for CapeCodToday.com and is currently working on a new website about Cape Cod called esCapeCod.org.  You can email her here. Her new GrandCentral number for Cape 20-Something is 508-444-8643. Call with story ideas, comments, suggestions... anything at all.
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