Petroleum products are unsustainable as a transportation fuel and remain politically volatile energy products. Photo by Reto Fetz.
Los Angeles is offering free rides to regular commuters (and Santas) on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Photo by Greg Thomas.
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A new study out of Finland argues that our carbon footprint is better measured using our consumption patterns rather than our geographical location. Photo by Joanna.
The BeyondDC newsfeed yesterday just blew my mind. Of yesterday’s five headlines, each and every one is about some part of Montgomery County embracing a more sustainable, more urban land use pattern. Let’s go through them one by one:
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A graphic rendering of the proposed “Central Plaza” of CityCenter DC. Illustration via CityCenter DC.
There’s been a lot of big transportation news in the last two days. Between the Purple Line vote and Sec. Ray LaHood and Rep. Jim Oberstar’s competing proposals for the transportation bill (a topic that you should definitely follow over at [...]
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D.C. plans to build 15 miles of new sidewalks. Photo by BrittneyBush.
The Wash Cycle pointed out today that Mayor Fenty has announced he’ll be spending $4 million in stimulus money on new sidewalks, enough to build 15 miles of new sidewalks out of the 200 missing miles in the District. The Washington Post’s Get There [...]
