A sustainable future for the world has to reduce car usage, increase walking, biking and transit ridership. Correctly pricing carbon will be key to making this happen.
Remarkably, within a one week period the carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere, as measured in Hawaii, touched (or did it?) a significant 400 parts per million AND Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey - a state pummeled by hurricane Sandy - said that there was no proof that Sandy was caused by climate change.
To which the response is very simple - there is also no proof that climate change did not cause Sandy.
This is not a criminal investigation where a smoking gun - i.e. direct causality - is the only acceptable evidence. Look at the co-relation. Its overwhelming.
Are electric cars the future of mobility? Are they everything that they are trumped up to be? Lots of questions here. And some answers in my blog post at UBM Future Cities.
President Obama’s appointment of Anthony Foxx as the Secretary of Transportation, makes me optimistic. Cautiously optimistic. But optimistic nonetheless. More in my blog post here.
3 weeks ago
Happy Earth Day!
1/4 Public Service Announcements from NY MTA, featuring employees kids. Thank you for riding!
A post about public-transportation and privatization. Triggered by the passing of Margaret Thatcher, who initiated a wave of privatization of social services in the UK that ended in a (disastrous) privatization of the London Underground. A move that ended badly.
Read all about it on the blog post.
1 month ago
The Last Blast
East Side Access, the grand project to make a new station under Grand Central, to bring Long Island Railroad to midtown east, is entering its home stretch.
A video of one of the last drill and blast operations at East Side Access.
