How to get around when you are carless in Sacramento

• Walk: This mode of transport needs no explanation. One tip: Live somewhere that is within a mile or so to most of your job and shopping-social life-activity destinations. Now put on a good pair of shoes and start working those leg and glute muscles!

• Bike: This one is also self-explanatory. One addendum: Check out this local merchant who sells motorized bikes, because sometimes you just want to cruise.

• Hop a bus. Take Sacramento Regional buses and/or light rail: Learn the bus system here. One caveat: Services end before 10 p.m. Not good news for night owls or swing shift workers.

• Ride a moped: Craigslist and other sites offer listings of people selling street legal mopeds and scooters. The downside is now you are back to Department of Motor Vehicles registration hassles and expenses, gas and maintenance — although at a fraction of the price of a car.