Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In previous posts, I’ve talked about the environmental importance of better parking policy and recent efforts at reform (including SB 728, sponsored by NRDC, to encourage parking cash-out). Now, when most people think of parking, they think of parking on...
Posted by Justin Horner in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
From Pricewaterhousecoopers, to the Urban Land Institute to real estate experts throughout the country, the consensus is clear: changes in American demographics and evolving market preferences mean that the clock is ticking on sprawl. Smaller households and a growing affinity...
Posted by Justin Horner in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
In twin events today in Washington DC and Chicago, the three partners who created LEED-Neighborhood Development (NRDC, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the US Green Building Council) announced the system’s official launch. Nearly a decade in the making,...
Posted by Justin Horner in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Now, we already know that taking public transit is good for the environment, safer than car travel and even better for your health. But now we know something else: as far as putting people to work, investing in transit easily...
Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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...
Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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...
Posted by Justin Horner in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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...
Posted by Justin Horner in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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...
