Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
From Good magazine comes this introduction to Benny Chan's stunning photography: "Rush hour in Los Angeles is synonymous with gridlock, but the sheer enormity of the situation can be tough to grasp. Fortunately, there is the architecture photographer...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 Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The Washington Post has a story today on page one (above the fold, for you media junkies, and you know who you are) about plans to make a real city out of the mess now known as Tysons Corner in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has released important new research detailing the benefits of smart growth on transportation emissions and air quality. In particular, the report reviews the effects on traffic and pollution that would occur if new growth and land development...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→
