Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Big-time kudos to Bike Pittsburgh for combing through new census data to extract and rank the commuting habits of the 60 largest US cities. The data chart on the organization's website, naturally, opens up with the ranking of bicycle commuting: ...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 , Moving Beyond Oil
Peter Goodman writes in today's New York Times: "Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the distant edges of metropolitan areas . . ."Life...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
More and more news outlets are picking up on the story that the costs and hassles of suburban living are outweighing the benefits and increasing the demand for in-town, walkable, city neighborhoods with good transportation choices. A story on MSNBC’s...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced yesterday that Americans took 2.6 billion trips on public transportation in the first three months of 2008. This is almost 85 million more trips than last year for the same time period.This continues...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
In the policy circles I inhabit, “congestion pricing” is all the rage. This is mostly because New York City’s mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed that anyone entering midtown or lower Manhattan in a motor vehicle during peak hours should...continued→
