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The pro-enviro solution that dare not speak its name Trains are the forgotten mode of transport, at least in the U.S.	JMG	06 Apr 2007	Gristmill
'Because if your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down their throats.' Take electrified rail, for instance. Here's a sad report from Dean Baker of The American Prospect, one of the best reporters going today: I was shocked to discover in a conversation with a congressional staffer that rebuilding the country's train system is a topic that is strictly verboten on Capitol Hill. I was reminded of this when I read that a French train had set a new speed record of 35 ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, public transportation (all these topics)

The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses		03 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses Once upon a time, someone had an idea: let's transport U.S. schoolkids in big yellow buses that spew diesel fumes and have no seatbelts. The nation embraced the idea -- though oddly, the plan to dangle a knife above each seat was scrapped -- but now it's having secon ...
Topics: cars, education, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, news, public transportation (all these topics)

Next Stop, Wonderment Last year, U.S. saw highest public-transit ridership since 1957		13 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Next Stop, Wonderment Last year, U.S. saw highest public-transit ridership since 1957 Hooray for sky-high gas prices! Thanks to the manipulative maneuverings of Big Oil, public transit ridership in the U.S. is on the rise too. A report from the American Public Transportation Association says miffed tank-fillers and others took 10 billion mass-transit trips last year -- 2.9 percent more than in 2005, 28 percent more ...
Topics: news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: Cary Moon She prefers a 'people's waterfront'	David Roberts	12 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Seattle is facing a difficult decision: what to do with a crumbling highway that serves as a major north-south corridor through the city? Below, we hear from Cary Moon. Cary is a landscape and urban designer and co-founder of the People's Waterfront Coalition. The PWC's No-Highway option won second prize in a national design competition sponsored by Metropolis magazine, called 'Next Generation: Big Idea.' ----- Faced with a maddening choice between two miserable hi ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: Erica C. Barnett She says no and hell no	David Roberts	11 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Seattle is facing a difficult decision: what to do with a crumbling highway that serves as a major north-south corridor through the city? Below, we hear from Erica C. Barnett. Erica is the senior news writer for Seattle's alternative newsweekly, The Stranger, where she covers City Hall and transportation, writes a weekly politics column, and serves on the paper's editorial board. She also has a blog. ----- Voters in Seattle are being asked to take up-or-down ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: A mini-series Because local transportation choices aren't local any more	David Roberts	11 Mar 2007	Gristmill
As Bradley noted below, the citizens of Seattle face a dilemma. The Alaskan Way Viaduct -- an elevated highway that enters Seattle on its west flank, offering stunning views (to drivers) of the city and the waterfront -- is falling apart. There's real danger that an earthquake, or just Father Time, could send it tumbling down, along with lots of cars. Nobody wants that. That's where the consensus ends. The question is: what should we do about it? In some sense th ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

On Track Betting A journey on China's controversial new train to Tibet	Erica Gies	23 Feb 2007	Main Dish
Each night, the Qinghai-Tibet train leaves Beijing at 9:30. A mere 48 hours later, it rolls into Lhasa, 2,525 miles away. Waiting to depart from Beijing. Photos: Erica Gies Shortly after 9 p.m. one warm night last fall, my travel companion and I raced through the sprawling West Beijing train station, weaving our way through a crush of humanity sitting on newspapers and bits of cardboard, eating cups ...
Topics: China, placemaking, public transportation, Tibet (all these topics)

Public transit: The geeky band girl who takes her glasses off and lets her hair down and turns out to be totally hot ... of environmentalism More fun with analogies!	David Roberts	15 Feb 2007	Gristmill
I commend everyone to this article by Ben Adler on American Prospect, which addresses a perpetually overlooked strategy to reduce oil use and combat global warming: With all the focus on ... 'alternate energy programs,' too many [politicians] are ignoring a long-existing technology that, unlike, say, ethanol, already has the power to radically reduce our oil consumption. I'm speaking, of course, of mass transit. This is a real problem. There are organized national ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, public transportation (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Public transit Schwarzenegger wants more	David Roberts	16 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: There's always an emphasis on personal transportation. How do you kick start public transportation and more dense settlements? Did you guys make steps toward that in California? TT: We did. While Prop 87 was going down in flames a week ago, the $60 billion bond package for California infrastructure was passing, with several billion for mass transit. That's a first, because California's like most states -- it's up to local transit agencies to pay for buse ...
Topics: interview, public transportation, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Carpools Rush In On carpooling to a reunion	Umbra Fisk	14 Aug 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, You have told us, in no uncertain terms, that traveling by train is better ecologically than traveling by car. Several members of my family plan to carpool to an upcoming family reunion 600 miles away. I have considered trying to talk them into taking the train instead, but face the following problem: It would cost about $130 each, round-trip, and involve inconvenient hours guaranteed to annoy the elder generation. ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

A commute point	Sarah van Schagen	06 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Tomorrow is Commute Another Way Day! In Maine, at least (anyone know of this happening elsewhere?), this is an annual event to promote carpools, vanpools, public transit, biking, walking, pogo-sticking, and other eco-friendly alternatives to that long, lonely slog to and from the 9-to-5. According to the CAWD website: Last year, more than 500 employers and 5,000 commuters got involved statewide, helping to reduce traffic congestion and auto emissions by eliminatin ...
Topics: Maine, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Why don't more people carpool or take public transit? Is convenience the drug that salves commuting guilt?	Chris Schults	13 Mar 2006	Gristmill
I sometimes catch the bus at the busy Fremont intersection of 34th and Fremont here in Seattle. I'd estimate that at least 90 percent of the vehicles heading west over the Fremont Bridge have one occupant. This, of course, frustrates me to no end. Here are all these people heading in the same general direction, at the same time. I've often wanted to stand on the side of the road with a sign that reads, 'Your car seats four, why are you driving alone?' So, why are ...
Topics: placemaking, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Personal Rapid Transit	Chris Schults	02 Mar 2006	Gristmill
I've oftened wished the bus would 'appear' when I arrive at the bus stop. Such daydreaming often led to ideas about somehow combining personal vehicles and public transit. As usual, mine is not an original idea, as Jeremy Faludi over at WC points out: Wouldn't it be nice to have a bus waiting for you every time you walked up to a stop? And wouldn't it be nice if the bus just went to your destination, without stopping anywhere else in between? The main reason people ...
Topics: placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Google Transit	David Roberts	08 Dec 2005	Gristmill
I was going to write something about the just-debuted Google Transit -- a very cool new tool from Google that aspires eventually to have all the nation's local transit information in one easy-to-use tool -- but Jeremy Faludi went and did it for me. So go read that.
Topics: innovation, public transportation, websites (all these topics)

The Wheel Deal On bicycle commuting	Umbra Fisk	28 Sep 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My question regards my daily half-hour (each way) bicycle commute through fairly heavy city traffic. I've been wondering if the benefits (exercise, sunshine, free and fast transport) are outweighed by the negatives (primarily breathing in diesel and other exhaust, but I'd also throw in the risk of almost getting run over, despite the cheap thrills). I am fortunate enough that my alternative would be to take the subway, not ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, health, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

iPodSubwayMaps.com Another case of copyright infringement?	Chris Schults	26 Sep 2005	Gristmill
Riding public transit is a good thing, right? And you would think that easily accessible maps would encourage more people to ride the bus or subway, or current customers to ride them more often. And you would also think that transit authorities would be thrilled to hear that their maps are now available to millions of iPod users. There, you'd be wrong. From Wired we learn that William Bright, creator of IPodSubwayMaps.com, was asked to remove maps of the New York City ...
Topics: New York City, public transportation, San Francisco, tech (all these topics)

Big Mellow Taxi Meet the world's first hybrid-cab driver	Brendan Sainsbury	02 Aug 2005	Main Dish
Like any self-respecting cabbie, Andrew Grant has a talent for small talk. But when the conversation turns to his prized 2004 Toyota Prius, things get a bit more animated. Andrew Grant. "Gave Cameron Diaz a lift once," he says matter-of-factly, leading me toward the Vancouver curb where the curvaceous car is parked. "Oh, yeah? What did she say?" "She said, 'This is nothing, I' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, Prius, public transportation, Vancouver (all these topics)

Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall		27 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall Six different hybrid models will debut in New York City's taxi fleet this fall, thanks to a recent vote by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. Some commissioners had previously expressed reservations about the leg room (or lack thereof) in hybrids, but after test drives, one termed Toyota' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, New York, news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Heaven Help Bus A visit to Iceland spurs dreams of a hydrogen future	Bill McKibben	19 Jul 2005	Soapbox
The loneliness of the long-distance rider. I have seen the future, and it works. The 111 bus rolls quietly up to the Mjodd terminal in eastern Reykjavik at 11:19 a.m., and I climb aboard. For 45 minutes, we cruise through the suburbs and then to the central square downtown, picking up and discharging eight passengers along the way. Fuel cells that would have filled the space of several passenger ...
Topics: hydrogen, Iceland, placemaking, public transportation, travel (all these topics)

Bikesharing services Do they ever really work?	David Roberts	06 Jun 2005	Gristmill
This Treehugger post on a Toronto bikeshare service reminded me of my hazy days in Missoula, MT. (The weather was plenty clear, mind you ...) While I was there, a bikeshare service called Freecycles was launched with great fanfare, flooding the streets with clunky green refurbished bikes -- free to use for anyone! For a while they were an iconic sight around town. Of course, I never rode one, and didn't know anybody who did, except as a novelty. Then there were fewe ...
Topics: bikes, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Parks and Ride On whether to visit national parks	Umbra Fisk	18 May 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We are considering a driving vacation this summer with the intent of visiting as many of America's wonderful national parks as we can -- both to enjoy them and to add some money to their coffers, which have been depleted in recent years. But as we all know, burning up lots of gasoline is bad for the environment. My question is: would it be a better environmental choice to drive around and support the national ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, national parks, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Land of Millikin Honey Green-car blogger Mike Millikin answers readers' questions		06 May 2005	Daily Grist

Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics)

Land of Millikin Honey Mike Millikin, publisher of green-car blog, answers readers' questions		06 May 2005	InterActivist
Mike Millikin of Green Car Congress. In your opinion, what's the most promising path for future cars? Fuel cells? Biodiesel? Electric? What's the most important thing the average person can do to reduce the impact of their motoring?�� -- Matt Weiser, Sacramento, Calif. Short- to medium-term: Plug-in hybrids with a downsized diesel or alternative/biofuels fuel-combustion engine component. Lo ...
Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics)

Got Millikin? Mike Millikin, publisher of green-car blog, answers Grist's questions		02 May 2005	InterActivist
Mike Millikin. What work do you do? I am the publisher/writer of Green Car Congress, a site covering technologies, issues, and policies for sustainable mobility. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? My mission is to build a company that offers a portfolio of media products providing detailed technical, practical business and produ ...
Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics)

Training Day On trains vs. cars	Umbra Fisk	24 Feb 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My girlfriend recently made a trip by train (about 600 kilometers, I'd guess), and it made me wonder just how much more ecological it is to travel by train instead of by car. What's your take on this? Michael Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Dearest Canadian Michael, The train, it is better. The car, it is the worst. That is my take, and I found a legitimate source that agrees -- namely, my favorite book. Let's all recite together: Th ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

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