To build an efficient green economy, we need to move beyond the single-minded focus of many current transportation models and FHWA programs on moving cars and trucks. The better goal is moving people comfortably where they want to go, whether the best choice is walking, biking, riding transit or ... more
To build an efficient green economy, we need to move beyond the single-minded focus of many current transportation models and FHWA programs on moving cars and trucks. The better goal is moving people comfortably where they want to go, whether the best choice is walking, biking, riding transit or driving. Federal funding should encourage the creation of efficient grids of multi-modal streets that support livable neighborhoods with a range of nearby amenities. Big arterial strips and large highways are the cheap-and-dirty energy infrastructure of the 20th Century.