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.

Advocates for land-use restrictions to ameliorate urban heat overlook government’s poor record on the matter.

The proposal offers at most a few billion in funding for alternatives that could yield a future without cars, such as mass transit, biking, walking and trains.

It ensures we are merely shifting the excesses and waste from the tailpipe to the power plant.

During my research and writing of the Downtown Bellevue development articles, I actively estimated the amount of parking spaces that Bellevue had recently added and could add as part of its develop…

Learn how cars are worsening the heat wave and why it's time to reassess their place in cities.

The 19 best sustainable development audiobooks recommended by Joy Reid, Boyan Slat, Ryan Holiday, Matt Galloway and Marshall Kirkpatrick.

Despite San Jose’s lofty goal to reduce its carbon footprint, City Hall is eliminating a program that incentivizes people to drive electric vehicles. The city’s clean air parking permit program that provides free parking for electric vehicles at city-owned parking lots and on-street parking meters, is sunsetting at the end of June. The program began in 2001. But...

Environmental causes run into conflict with zoning reforms intended for environmental benefit once again, as the California Coastal Commission requires San Diego to reinstate parking requirements for ADUs.

Toxic particles from tyre wear almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts as weight of cars increases

Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation and building sectors have increased as a share of overall climate-related pollution since the 1990s, but policymakers can make it easier and more affordable to cut these emissions through land-use regulations.

Clean air in Utah is on the horizon, but it requires Utahns to make a sacrifice when it comes to transportation via car.

The German Environmental Aid Association is urging local governments to implement significant hikes on parking fees for residents who park near their homes.

The city famous for its bike lanes is struggling to cut car pollution. Now Portland faces a major battle over whether to keep expanding highways.

When it comes to climate change, bold solutions are needed now more than ever, and city leaders are up for the challenge.

‘There’s a disconnect between our environmental values and how much land we devote to storing cars’

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

President Biden says he’s taking action to cool deadly urban heat islands, but it’s not enough because … cars.

Vancouver city councillors say they’re seeing unusually strong and negative public reaction to the proposal to require parking permits for residential parking on any street in the city

From 5mph streets to 15-minute neighbourhoods, how are different cities giving cars the boot?

Vancouver city council failed to pass a new Climate Emergency Parking Program designed to raise revenue to fight climate change, with 6 votes against the plan and 5 in support of it.

The reverberations of the Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s executive order on climate change, issued back in March 2020, continue to be felt. For just over one year now, staff at Read More »

In the pursuit of sustainability, the concept of ‘car-reduced neighborhoods’ promises to decrease car ownership and increase car-independent mobility.…