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Changes likely to sharpen political focus on choices about urban design and transport implied by Irish Government plans

But CARB sidestepped real commitments on reducing VMT, even though the agency has acknowledged for years that reducing driving is key to meeting climate goals

Where and how you live shapes your household’s contribution to climate change. Explore differences across the nation.

Car emissions are killing the planet. Can congestion pricing and better public transit end our love affair with automobiles?

The Department of Transportation’s Every Day Counts program once emphasized auto-oriented infrastructure. Now it's doing more to take climate and safety into account.

Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking

As the effects of climate change begin to worsen, replacing heat-absorbing pavement with new trees can help make a difference toward expanding our urban canopy when space is limited.

State and local governments are rethinking land use policy to cut emissions and improve social outcomes.

See how a rental development eliminates parking.

Suburban sprawl adds to climate disruption by promoting driving and to accommodate commuters, some 30 percent of urban land is already devoted to parking. Even more spaces are often required when buildings are constructed or renovated. Now some cities and states, including California, are steering away from parking space mandates. Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss what parking reform may look like for cities.

Finally, people and housing needs are getting preference over the automobile.

Perhaps there just isn’t enough space on the road — or hours in the day — to drive any further.

Op-Ed: If we want to address barriers to access, and the public health and climate impacts of car-dependence, we must make it easier for non-drivers to get around our communities.

Also today: Los Angeles’s plan to boost public transit ridership, and inside the world’s strictest Covid Zero city.

“Like the Dutch have reclaimed land from the sea, we can reclaim land from parking”

Despite its environmental achievements, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act substitutes electric vehicles for a more holistic, climate-friendly approach to urban planning and design.

A bill intended to reduce the Golden State’s car-dependency and protect the climate is still sitting on his desk.

People must both drive less and switch to electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

Fossil Fuels are not just warming the climate—they are endangering us.

The EU is set to miss its 2030 target to reduce transport-related noise pollution by miles.

Europe is engaged in an ongoing transportation revolution that aims to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise pollution, while increasing livability in urban areas, including the implementation of designs for “15-minute cities,” where daily necessities are located mere steps away from homes.

Barcelona’s public transport operator recently released some statistics regarding its positive impact on the city’s environment. The study asked the question – what life would be like in the Catalan c..

No matter how many solar panels it has, your parking garage isn’t green, and especially if you don’t charge parking.

A new analysis conducted by Metro shows that the agency can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tens of millions of metric tons in the coming decade by investing in sustainable mobility, but that continuing to pour money into highway expansions...

No matter how many solar panels it has, your parking garage isn't green, and especially if you don't charge for parking. Almost five years ago, we called out the folks at the National Renewable Energy…

D.C. region officials have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles despite pursuing projects that could hinder reductions.

The expansion of highways will do far more harm than the expansion of mass transit will avert.

Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.