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Cascadia Scorecard News - December 2007
Is green auto-technology blinding us to other big-return transportation solutions?; Sightline's climate policy primer; sustainability and food.
12/12/2007
 (Car) Love is Blind:Sightline on big-return transportation fixes We love our cars. Even when we’ve decided we’re done with our co-dependent car relationships, northwesterners are drawn back into whirlwind romances with green auto technology, from plug-in hybrids to biofuels to freedom cars. Some auto-centered solutions truly do hold great promise, but lately we’ve been wondering—does all that romance distract from the less glamorous, but ultimately more effective, transportation policy solutions? Sightline has been doing lots of thinking on why cars are sexy and policies like carbon taxes or bike-friendly streets, well, just aren’t. Here are Sightline's latest columns on solving our car-relationship problems:
In Case You Missed It: Recent from Sightline Bicycle Neglect: Alan Durning’s blog series One-pager: Climate Policy 101 Analysis: The climate impact of building new roads New widgets: Energy counter and Walkscore on your website |
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