Paved With Good Intentions: We Still Can't Kick the Car Habit - Metropolis
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.
Florida Republicans Are Fighting Gainesville’s Zoning Reform, and Themselves
The state government is pushing back against a local effort to allow denser housing in single-family neighborhoods, setting the stage for a legal battle.
Four Ways Automotive Regulators Could Save Pedestrian Lives
America’s top regulatory agency is failing its mandate to “keep people safe on America’s roadways” — and to truly accomplish it, they need to fundamentally change the way they operate.…
Without New Regulations, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Transportation System Even Worse
Op-ed: In the decade or so before driverless cars roll out en masse, lawmakers must take the time to develop regulations that maximize their benefits and minimize their harms.
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 …
How to Solve the Transit Budget Crunch: Price the Private Use of Public Streets | SPUR
COVID-19 has been catastrophic for public transit. Plunging fare and tax revenues are forcing drastic cuts. In a guest post for SPUR, two UC Davis law professors suggest that there’s a solution right under our feet: Make private drivers pay market rates to park on the public’s roads. And yes, they argue, it’s legal.