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Transportation
Transportation
Transporting your campmates and infrastructure to and from Black Rock City creates the most significant amounts of harmful air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Still, there are plenty of ways to minimize them. From carpooling, buses, and EVs to offsetting unavoidable emissions, every step helps lighten your environmental footprint.
People Transport
People Transport
Track Camp Transportation
Track Camp Transportation
Collect camp transportation information:
Renewables/Not Renewables powered
Vehicle Passenger Miles Per Gallon (PMPG)
The most efficient, least polluting, and cost-effective transportation sources
The Road Home - Cronic 2017
Carpooling and Ridesharing
Carpooling and Ridesharing
Share your camp's carpooling doc and discourage single-passenger vehicles. Use the resources below:
No Parking Sign - Tristan "Loupiote" Savatier 2005
Burner Express Bus
Burner Express Bus
Buses are, by far, per person, the most efficient and least polluting type of fossil fuel-burning passenger ground transportation. However, in 2024, only about 8% of burners used the Burner Express Bus. Direct campmates traveling through San Francisco or Reno to take the Burner Express Bus. Proactively planning camp infrastructure makes this option more feasible!
Gear Transport
Gear Transport
Long Distance Hauling
Long Distance Hauling
If you’re coming from further away, check your regional community to see if there are community container programs to efficiently ship gear to playa, reducing need to purchase gear.
Store Gear in Northern Nevada
Store Gear in Northern Nevada
Store camp gear nearby to reduce long-haul transport and thus cut down on emissions. Consider sharing storage to split costs w/ other camps.
Haul with EVs
Haul with EVs
If driving an EV to playa, plan for range loss and charging options. Bonus: use your EV as you camp's battery to bypass the cost of solar batteries.
Educate + Offset
Educate + Offset
Teach About Footprint
Teach About Footprint
Provide tools for campmates to calculate their transportation emissions and suggestions for offsets.
Big Rig Jig - Mike Ross 2007
Offset Emissions
Offset Emissions
Offset unavoidable carbon emissions from travel by calculating your camp’s overall footprint and including offsets in camp dues.
Recommend: Charm or Climeworks
We Are The Climate Problem by Rave Revolution and Tom Diacono - Ranny Víquez 2022
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