San Francisco's Pedestrian Safety Task Force is developing the city's first-ever Pedestrian Action Plan to reduce serious and fatal pedestrian injuries. Photo by C. M. Keiner.
Topics:
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- alternative fuel
- bicycling
- bicyclists
- bike share
- biodiesel
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- city:Boulder
- city:Curitiba
- city:Leon
- city:New York City
- city:Philadelphia
- city:San Francisco
- city:Seattle
- city:Singapore
- city:Victoria
- city:Washington D.C.
- Clean Vehicles
- Communications + Marketing
- country:Argentina
- country:Belgium
- country:Brasil
- country:Canada
- country:China
- country:Germany
- country:India
- country:Mexico
- country:Netherlands
- country:United States
- dario hidalgo
- demographics
- Energy Efficiency
- ethanol
- gas prices
- greenhouse gas emissions
- Health + Road Safety
- high-speed rail
- Integrated Transport
- luis gutierrez
- optibus
- pedestrian safety
- pedestrians
- Ray LaHood
- region:Asia
- region:Europe
- region:North America
- Taxis
- TheCityFix Picks
- Toni Lindau
- traffic crashes
- transport funding
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Urban Development + Accessibility
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Solar panels cover a train tunnel in Antwerp, Belgium, providing enough energy to power 4,000 trains for one year. Photo by Adams K.
Topics:
- air quality
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- biodiesel
- Biofuels
- Bus Rapid Transit
- car share
- cities
- city:Beijing
- city:Calgary
- city:Chicago
- city:Dubai
- city:Gurgaon
- city:New York City
- city:Philadelphia
- city:Seattle
- city:Toronto
- country:China
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- electric vehicles
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- Ford
- global climate change
- Global Warming
- Health + Road Safety
- high speed trains
- Integrated Transport
- pedestrian safety
- Pollution
- public art
- public private partnerships
- public transit
- region:Asia
- region:Europe
- region:North America
- solar energy
- storm water runoff
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- urban revitalization
- vehicle safety
- water quality
As biofuel production ramps up, counting all the associated greenhouse gas impacts is critical to good energy and climate policy.
Below is an interview with WRI economist and biofuels expert Liz Marshall.
"World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy" is the theme for World Food Day this year on October 16, 2008.
