The bad news is that gas is back to $4/gallon. But the good news is that we have choices: we can spend less on gas by changing the way we drive. This is an updated version of my much-visited 2008 post. Happily, we reduce our carbon emissions when we drive less, inch closer to energy [...]
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Stephanie Millar And Creative Problem-Solving
December 27th, 2010 · No Comments · transportation
Our communities all have problems that need solutions, whether it’s unemployment, broken relationships, or broken bus benches. The people I respect the most are the ones who craft solutions to the problems, especially those who creatively stretch limited resources. Stephanie Lawson Millar, author of today’s guest post, is such a person. Stephanie is a fellow [...]
Tags: Missoula·Mountain Line·Stephanie Lawson Millar·Stephanie Millar·win-win
Transportation’s Version Of The San Diego Padres
July 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · transportation
I grew up near Los Angeles in a baseball-loving family. We bled Dodger blue, went to games at Chavez Ravine and thrilled to Tommy LaSorda’s passionate leadership of his team. Like most people in the L.A. basin, I drove everywhere, usually by myself, on congested freeways. I hated the way congestion wasted my time, and [...]
Tags: baseball·San Diego Padres
My New Approach To Climate Change
July 23rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change, sustainability, transportation
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced there will be no climate change bill this year. Many of us are disappointed, and outrage better describes the reaction of many who’d let themselves hold hope of responsible leadership concerning climate. I just read the Grist article and comments on this topic. I respect those willing to [...]
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Back On The Bike
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · community, global warming and climate change, sustainability, transportation
I’m sipping coffee at Seven Virtues* Coffeehouse on NE Glisan and 60th here in Portland, Oregon. Neil Young’s plaintive song Sugar Mountain is playing on the sound system. I suspect he’s referring to how I drink my coffee. I’m Seven Virtues’ first customer, having bicycled briskly over in the sharply slanted light of early morning. [...]
Tags: Bicycle Transportation Alliance·bicycling·Mount Tabor·Seven Virtues Coffeehouse·Stephanie Nolls
