October 23, 2012
by Rob Perks
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Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C.
As a member of NRDC’s transportation team I spend a lot of my time learning about and talking up transit (buses and trains) as an alternative to pavement pollution (my just i… Continue reading
July 20, 2012
by Rob Perks
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Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C.
Last month Congress avoided “transpoggedon” – the expiration of the federal transportation program — by finally enacting new authorizing legislation. Th… Continue reading
April 3, 2012
by Amanda Eaken
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Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco
[UPDATED 4/4/12 4:28pm PT] This afternoon the Southern California Association of Governments unanimously adopted a $524 billion transit plan designed to heavily … Continue reading
December 1, 2011
by Deron Lovaas
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Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C.
I just read a sobering, informative book about the great recession we’re mired in at present – Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures … Continue reading
December 1, 2011
by Deron Lovaas
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Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C.
I just read a sobering, informative book about the great recession we’re mired in at present – Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures … Continue reading
November 4, 2011
by Amanda Eaken
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Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco
Yesterday a prominent committee of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) recommended a preferred alternative for its 2012 Regional Transportation … Continue reading
April 7, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Americans decidedly favor walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, says a new industry study. In fact, 56 percent of us prefer smart growth neighborhoods over those… Continue reading