Augsburg College faculty members and , known for their聽avid bicycling, recently were featured in The Line, a Twin Cities-based online journal.
In the article, Christiansen describes how he and Fischer聽have never been happier聽living聽“car-ownership-free” after selling their car two years ago and relying on their bicycles and, if necessary, the metro transit system.
Christiansen also revealed his tips for healthy living as well as his reasoning聽for choosing聽a car-free lifestyle, noting that the sense of community gained in such a聽lifestyle could easily be reason enough.
“…when you ride a bus, train or bike, you鈥檙e in public,” he said. “You encounter a greater diversity of people with whom you develop camaraderie.”
To learn more about聽living car-free, read “How being ‘car ownership free’ led to healthy living, community organizing and embracing transit.”
