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Senators Aim to Reintroduce Transportation Into Climate Bill Debate
Sen. Jeff Merkley projects that his legislation would allow the United States to almost completely stop importing oil, primarily by reforming our transportation system. Image: Office of Sen. Merkley...
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Environmentalists, Transpo Reformers Brace for Scaled-Back Energy Bill
"We know we don’t have the votes." With those seven words last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dashed hopes for a comprehensive climate bill. Prospects also dimmed for a transportation...
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Reid Energy Bill: No $ for Transit, Billions for Electric and Natural Gas Cars
It seems that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has not only given up on a carbon cap in this year’s energy bill, but also ruled out provisions promoting transit and smart growth. In Reid's effort to...
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Governor Moonbeam versus eMeg: What’s at Stake for Transportation?
Continuing with our series on key governor’s races, here’s some news on the contest in California. We’ve taken a look at some races in Maryland and Colorado where pro-transit, pro-bike candidates are...
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Get Rich While Reducing Emissions: Smart Growth Keeps Looking Smarter
Just when you may have been looking for ways to counter that Pew report which poo-pooed the environmental impacts of transit and smart growth, here’s more evidence that reducing driving has an...
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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
Image © Peter Calthorpe & Marianna Leuschel Editor’s note: Today we are very pleased to begin a five-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.”...
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Study: American Competitiveness Hinges on the Greening of Freight
Economic competitiveness and sustainability — when it comes to the performance of North America’s freight system, the two terms are nearly synonymous. That is the key finding from a new report by...
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How to Get People to Adopt More Climate-Friendly Behaviors
Dear sustainability advocate: I know you are tired. You spend your life looking climate apocalypse in the eye and knowing that human behavior needs to change to avert catastrophe. But are humans...
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Poll: Republicans Support Transpo Policies to Avert Climate Change, Too
Judging from the level of our national debate, you would guess we are a nation strongly divided on the issue of climate change. But you’d be wrong, according to a new poll from Yale University....
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Obama Counters Gas Price Demagoguery With Commitment to Fracking
Here's what the administration wants you to know about its energy security efforts: It may have no impact on gas prices, but oil companies are drilling away! Source: White House It’s been almost a year...
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Patent Troll Sues Transit Agencies For Releasing Real-Time Transit Info
Martin Kelly Jones sued the MBTA for providing Boston bus riders with real-time arrival information. Photo: MBTA Lloyd Dobbler, John Cusack’s generation-defining character in Say Anything, notably...
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Civil Rights Groups Rally Against Threat to Environmental Review
A coalition of civil rights and environmental groups is crying foul over proposed changes to an important environmental protection as lawmakers attempt to hammer out a last minute deal on the...
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International Funders Shift Investments Toward Sustainable Transportation
Traffic congestion, air pollution, and lack of mobility disproportionately harm the poor in the developing world when transportation investments favor automobiles. Photo: Owni If you think the United...
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The Connection That Can’t Be Ignored: Sandy and Climate Change
If there’s any good news to come out of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, it’s that political leaders and the press are actually talking about climate change. At the end of a long campaign season...
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Weathering the Next 108-Year Storm
Deron Lovaas is the Federal Transportation Policy Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. This article is cross-posted from his blog on Switchboard. This map, developed by the FTA, shows...
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Will Driverless Cars Add Another Color to Australia’s Heat Maps?
FYI, 54 degrees Celsius is 129 degrees Farenheit. Image: Wired Here’s the big news of the day: Autonomous cars are making a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show right now. Audi is testing its...
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Will Big Highway Projects Have to Consider Climate Change?
Expanding NEPA to include climate impacts and adaptability won't necessarily mean a future free from this. Photo: Macomb Politics Since 1970, the National Environmental Protection Act has required...
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Obama’s Climate Speech: Mostly Mum on Transportation
President Obama announced a sweeping package of measures to address climate change today. But with a couple of exceptions, he was largely silent on the 27 percent of carbon emissions that come from the...
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“Bike-Washing” the Keystone Pipeline [Updated]
An architectural firm's rendering for a bike path along the Keystone Pipeline. With sunflowers! Image: SWA Group Houston-based architecture firm SWA Group has heads spinning today: Is their proposal to...
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What Will Our Future Be Like If We Don’t Change How We Get Around?
What will transportation be like in 2030? It depends a lot on what policies we institute, a RAND report finds. Image: RAND How will Americans get around in the year 2030? A recent report from the RAND...
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