Why We Need Embodied Carbon Benchmarks and Targets in Building Standards and Policies: An Open Letter
To Canadian Municipalities and Associations of Architects, Engineers, and Planners: Canada, as well as a growing number of its jurisdictions, has set necessarily ambitious carbon reduction targets as part of an increasingly urgent global bid to achieve climate stability. While the spotlight often falls on the transportation and energy production sectors, 40 percent of global …
Trains, Walking, Biking: Why Germany Needs to Look Beyond Cars
Power Switch: Fourth in a continuing series about the German energy transition. BERLIN—In Germany, you can go almost anywhere on a train. Inside this city’s glass-enclosed central station, trains from the local transit system arrive on the upper level from all over the region, their doors opening to disgorge the morning commuters. Down several turns of an escalator […]
What can our cities do about sprawl, congestion and pollution? Tip: scrap car parking
The global trend is to free up valuable city space by reducing parking and promoting other forms of transport that don't clog roads and pollute the air. Australian cities are still putting cars first.
Parking Today | Articles - The New Cool in Parking Garage Design
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In Lafayette, a Political Resignation Over Climate Change and Development
City Manager Steven Falk of resigned because he said he cannot carry out policies that fail to address the urgent threat of a changing climate.
Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out | George Monbiot
Driving is ruining our lives. Only drastic action will kick our dependency, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Transport Decarbonization Pyramid
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What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people.