Note:: this post originally appeared on TheCityFix.

A new video from EMBARQ shows the success of Washington’s bike sharing program, SmartBike DC.

Sarah Kuck from WorldChanging interviews EMBARQ Director Nancy Kete for a feature story about the future of American transportation systems:

What does transportation look like now in most U.S. cities? And where can we go from here?
What do you think the future of high-speed rail should look like in the United States?
What advice would [...]

Nancy Kete, a program director at the World Resources Institute, knows that in order to create the bright green cities of tomorrow, we must reimagine how we move about and in between them today.

Nancy Kete, a program director at the World Resources Institute, knows that in order to create the bright green cities of tomorrow, we must reimagine how we move about and in between them today.

A pedestrian waits at 14th and U St. NW, Washington, D.C. Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Two stories you need to know about sustainable transportation in the United States this week:
Vehicle Emission Rules to Tighten
Washington Post
May 19, 2009
The Obama administration today plans to propose tough standards for tailpipe emissions from new automobiles, establishing the first nationwide [...]

Student competitions like Urban SOS gather ideas from students around the world about how to confront problems of urban mobility.
There’s been a lot of news this week about students designing a future of sustainable mobility. (Andrew Revkin from The New York Times calls these types of forward-thinking young people part of Generation E.)
From engineering [...]

Illustration by via GOOD Magazine.
GOOD magazine published its jam-packed, 112-page “Transportation Issue,” devoted to a “drastic rethinking of how we move around, how we design our cities, and how we power our vehicles.”
The articles cover a lot of ground, discussing the problems and solutions of congestion pricing; comparing choices that will make commuting to [...]

The world’s cities should aspire to a sustainable future that is not necessarily dependent on cars.

India experienced an automotive breakthrough last week: the release of the Tata Nano, the most economic vehicle in the Indian market, and arguably, in the world.

In Washington, D.C., about 41% of people drive to work; 38.5% take public transportation. Photo by ehpien.