Walkable neighborhoods mean residents are likely to have higher trust, more community activities, and stronger social networks locally. [...]
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Transportation - storiesBuilding new urban and Interstate roads does not reduce traffic on existing ones. We need to resist America’s road-construction urges. [...] Losing city waterfront to non-water uses may hurt as water transport becomes relatively cheaper. [...] Getting rid of a second family car can be easier with an online scheduling system, and there’s big money to be saved. [...] Gasoline eats a big part of our disposable income. It could get a lot worse. There are better ways to protect ourselves than hope or hybrids. [...] Personal Vehicle Sharing is legal in California, soon in Oregon. It helps you avoid buying a car and keeps money in the neighborhood. [...] Alternatives to automobile and public transportation, like jitney, flex, and shared services, are becoming more popular. [...] Cohousing can have advantages any time, but especially when energy, food and other family budget threats loom. [...] Urban farms, whether indoors or out, are an increasingly popular way of adapting to energy and water pressures. [...] Most of us don’t realize how shaky most predictions are – and how useful they can still be. [...] It’s beginning to appear that all-electric cars do have net long-term benefits for the environment. [...] To live in a neighborhood where you have financial and environmental resilience, moving could be less painful than trying to build it around you. [...] By David Stookey, on February 8th, 2011
Walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhoods are predicted to be in demand, pushing up prices and encouraging construction. [...] A map of Portland color-codes neighborhoods by walking/biking proximity to everyday destinations. Not everybody’s destinations.. [...] Walking can cut older people’s risk of Alzheimer’s in half, yet another reason to choose a walkable neighborhood. [...] Many communities are rushing to put in bike paths. If yours is one, look at whether it will actually reduce the gasoline you and your neighbors will need to pump. [...] If we think, “Why should I do sustainable stuff to slow climate change when few others do?” better to think how much our family’s health – and pocketbook – will benefit, regardless of what others do. [...] While not fine-tuned to your family’s plans and concerns, city sustainability rankings are a good place to start to find and evaluate places you might choose to live. [...] Some neighborhoods provide the compactness, the safe paths, and the vibrant activities that put a smile on your face – and gas money back in your pocket. [...] Using bikes and scooters may work for some, but there may be a better way: choose a neighborhood where you can get around quickly on public transport. [...] Today, our past home choices wouldn’t make it onto our short list. Affordability has new dimensions. [...] Three big problems face hydrogen cars. [...] Are there exaggerations, faulty logic, self-serving bias in predictions of environmental and financial troubles ahead? [...] |
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