
Less driving is possible
Residents of several states and cities have driven fewer miles on average in recent years than they did two decades ago. This decline suggests that Americans’ high levels of driving are not inevitable.
Residents of several states and cities have driven fewer miles on average in recent years than they did two decades ago. This decline suggests that Americans’ high levels of driving are not inevitable.
Building systems that are designed from the start to be flexible, adaptable and reliant on empowered people can be an effective strategy to build up not only strong towns, but sustainable ones as well.
If we are ever going to address a problem as big as, for example, climate change, we need to relentlessly question the absurdity of the status quo, to go beyond considering ways to make our current systems and modes of development incrementally less bad or less unjust, and imagine how those systems can be transformed into something qualitatively better.
There are better ways to respond to surging gas prices than creating new incentives for car use – like ending our unhealthy and environmentally disastrous car dependency altogether.
Is "Don't Look Up" the climate disaster story America needs to jolt us out of complacency? Or, by telling a familiar, Hollywood-friendly version of the climate change story, does it limit our ability to imagine an effective response?
Hoping to prop up their power markets, some states are looking to lure the next generation of energy hogs.
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group