Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
Transportation for America's website introduces its important new report, Dangerous by Design, with an attention-grabbing statistic: "In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community. More...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
Distracted driving kills people. One would think that would be enough. But, sadly, in 44 states of the good old USA, you can blather away, cellphone to ear, and drive 60 miles per hour if you want. In 33 states,...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
The headline reads like something from The Onion, no? This comes to us via the WTF Department (actually from an article by Andrew J. Bernstein in The Saratogian): "Janette Kaddo Marino and her son, Adam, 12, wanted to participate...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
When conjuring municipal exemplars of smart growth, Tempe, Arizona, is not the first place that usually comes to mind. But the city of Tempe and ValleyMetro, the transit authority that provides the region's spiffy new light rail...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Through the combination of my insatiable curiosity and the wonders of the internet, I have found the magic kingdom in southern California. No, not that magic kingdom, but the vibrant, down-home, very web-savvy, it's-happening-here community of East Hollywood. Everything you need to...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Metro Pedal Power bills itself as a "Boston area work-cycles and human-powered delivery service," committed to providing customers with first-rate, personal service while reducing truck traffic and emissions. That's a pretty interesting conceptual start for the company previously known...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
I know I am supposed to like traffic calming. The smart growth literature is replete with references to it. Heck, my friend Reid wrote the book on it. The Complete Streets gang, whom I support and admire, embraces the practice in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
The national pastime just notched another level of respect in my book, at least with regard to the Baltimore Orioles. The stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, already had good credentials among folks like me for really good stadium food,...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
How many of us have wished for a sidewalk in order to feel safer and more comfortable? Or have viewed 6-lane arterial roads, wondering how anyone ever manages to walk across? How many of us have ridden bikes and needed...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
A couple of weeks ago, syndicated columnist and keen observer of community issues Neal Peirce published a very interesting column on the transportation features of Amsterdam. Fewer than half of trips taken within Amsterdam are by car, which stands in...continued→
