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Windfall or Burden? Two New Reports Focus on "Location Efficiency" and the Real Cost of Housing

November 20, 2009

Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, locationefficiency, smartgrowth, transit, transportation

Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area from a perspective NRDC has been pushing in the public arena for some time: “location efficiency.”  Just as appliances can be more or...

Green City Rankings: California Cleans Up!

July 21, 2009

Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, smartercities, smartgrowth

Last week, we here at NRDC released our fourth annual rankings of “smarter cities” across the US.  What are smarter cities? Well, I’ll let the website speak for itself: When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems...

California Transit Not Alone: 80% of Systems Short of Funds

June 15, 2009

Posted by Justin Horner in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
californiatransportation, publictransportation, transit, transportation

In a pair of revealing reports, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) tells us that: a) Despite lower gas prices, rising unemployment, the economic “situation,” and declining revenues, public transportation ridership is basically the same as it was last year...

Take Transit: It’s Good for Your Health!

April 23, 2009

Posted by Justin Horner in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
publichealth, publictransportation, smartercities, smartgrowth, transit, VMT

The more you learn about public transit, the happier about it you get.  As I’ve written earlier, transit is essential to create more livable communities and to cut down on global warming pollution.  Now, apparently, it’s also good for your...