Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity

Investments in automobile infrastructure outpaces spending for alternative transit and car production increases

As national governments shift to green transit technologies, what role will electric vehicles play?

As city populations grow and the streets become more congested, a paradigm shift to sustainable transportation couldn’t be timelier

Transportation emits ~80% of the harmful air pollutants; we must decrease emissions to improve health & sustainability

Vancouver is trying to be the world’s Greenest City, but that is far from a truly sustainable city. What changes are really needed?

Rail advocates found reason to cheer when President Obama announced a “comprehensive infrastructure plan to expand and renew our nation’s roads, railways and runways.” Though [Read More...]

In quick order, China has climbed to the top of global rankings of producers and consumers of such key commodities as steel, aluminum, cement, and [Read More...]

Recently, my colleague Alice McKeown posted a piece about world automobile trends on our Dateline: Copenhagen blog page.  I re-post the piece here, since these trends [Read More...]

The U.S. “cash-for-clunkers” program has been more successful than expected, leading Congress to inject an additional $2 billion. Additional lessons may be learned from France’s experience with a similar “ecological bonus-malus” program. The United States has a long way to go to improve the poor fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet.