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 Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Fans of Larry David's hilariously cringeworthy hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm can't miss the Prius. It's in every episode, one way or another, and has been as long as the show has been on the air, I think. Replacing the...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
This comes via John Massengale, who says it was taken at the corner of 63rd St. and Park Ave. in New York. The red car is a vintage Fiat CinqueCento (500): Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
From Wikipedia: "Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska on the High Plains. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge,[1] Carhenge is formed...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 , Solving Global Warming
You know, I don't think this design for a driverless car was created with tongue in cheek, though it certainly could have been. I generally think of futuristic designers and Google-ites as a fun bunch, so surely this is intended...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The Center for Neighborhood Technology is releasing today a new series of GIS-based maps showing where carbon emissions from driving are the highest in the nation's metro areas. The maps demonstrate vividly that, although emissions on a...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Elisabeth Rosenthal writes in yesterday's New York Times how Vauban, a suburb of Freiburg, Germany, is seeking to create a car-free community. Here's an excerpt: "Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
My wonky post continues . . . Yesterday I wrote about a remarkable, data-rich new study from the Urban Land Institute (in partnership with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Center for Housing Policy) analyzing the impact of location...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Warning: very wonky post coming up. Last year, I posted a couple of times (here and here) about how the costs of driving turn what one might think are affordable areas to live into expensive ones. The Center for...continued→
