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Transportation
Transportation
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Transportation
The La Crosse area is home to many miles of bicycle and pedestrian trails, a good bus transit system, Amtrack train service, and home to the world’s largest pre-owned hybrid car store.

Area Mass Transit Options:

  • Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Volunteer Driver Program, provide rides for elderly, disabled, less fortunate
  • Amtrack Empire Builder Train Station
    • 601 St. Andrew St., La Crosse

Alternative and Hybrid Vehicles Information:

  • Honda Motorwerks - the world's largest pre-owned hybrid car store, right here in La Crosse.

There are many local organizations and businesses adopting more environmentally friendly transportation options.

  • City of La Crosse:
    Purchasing biodiesel blends for the MTU whenever prices are comparable; working to bring a car sharing program to La Crosse; testing Neighborhood Electric Vehicles for City departments.

  • La Crosse County:
    Highway Department using biodiesel in summer months; some hybrid cars as fleet vehicles.

  • UW-La Crosse:
    Bicycle rental program.

  • Gundersen Lutheran:
    Hybrid vehicles for between campus commutes.

  • Western Technical College:
    Neighborhood Electric Vehicle for security

Sponsors of Earth Month 2010
Platinum Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Fowler & Hammer
Sno Pac Foods, Inc.
Xcel Energy
Bronze Sponsors
CenturyLink
Franciscan Skemp Health System
Honda Motorwerks
HSR Associates, Inc.
La Crosse Technology
Pipkin Electric
Quillin’s
Smith’s Cycling & Fitness
Vantage Architects Inc.

Partners of Earth Month 2010
Aquinas Catholic Schools
Bangor School District
Boys & Girls Club of Greater LaCrosse
Cameron Park Farmers Market
City of LaCrosse
Coulee Partners for Sustainability
Coulee Region Sierra Club
Downtown Mainstreet, Inc.
Driftless Region Bicycle Coalition
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Franciscan Spirituality Center
Great River Folk Festival
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Hillview Greenhouse Life Center
La Crosse Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
La Crosse Area Family YMCA
La Crosse County
La Crosse Jaycees
La Crosse Public Library
La Crosse River Marsh Coalition
La Crosse School District
Mississippi Valley Conservancy
Myrick Hixon EcoPark
Three Rivers Waldorf School
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
UW-La Crosse
Village of Holmen
Village of West Salem
Viterbo University
Washburn Neighborhood Association
West Salem School District
Western Technical College
 

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