Our transportation system produces more greenhouse gases than ever before. Our highways our clogged. We depend on polluting vehicles as much as ever. Sometimes you...
Mar 9, 2020 Blog PostLike incandescent light bulbs and the coal-fired power plants, the internal combustion engines that power our cars and trucks are woefully inefficient - and major...
Mar 4, 2020 Blog PostIn the U.S., transportation is climate enemy number one. America’s transportation system produces more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector of our economy and,...
Feb 25, 2020 ReportIn our transition toward a carbon free society we need to make public transit as appealing as possible. But a week long log of riding...
Feb 14, 2020 Blog PostIn Boston, a city overflowing with cars, and with a transit system that feels increasingly decrepit, a massive new development project is taking place at...
Jan 27, 2020 Blog PostAt a time when climate change threatens our future, the United States continues to spend four dollars expanding the highway network for every dollar it...
Jan 21, 2020 Blog PostAs America and the world enter the 2020s, our collective problems – from global warming to plastic pollution to political polarization to the persistence of...
Dec 23, 2019 Blog PostWe should reexamine the degree to which we equate speed and rapid movement with “progress.” We should also give a leg up to slower travel...
Nov 25, 2019 Blog PostSometimes it might seem as though we need to scrap it all and start over. But while much of America’s current infrastructure is environmentally threatening...
Aug 22, 2019 Blog PostMajor road construction projects are usually met with warnings of “carmageddon” and nightmarish visions of suffocating bottlenecks. But while our gut instincts tell us that...
Aug 16, 2019 Blog Post