The push to reduce VMT (vehicle miles traveled) has been quite successful in many regions of Europe, where there is a confluence of great public transportation, infrastructure that supports bicycling, and an honest interest in environmental responsibility. In the United …
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Free Public Transportation in Luxembourg
This translates (literally) as “As the first country in the world: Luxembourg makes bus and train free.” If you’re serious about reducing VMT (vehicle miles traveled), this is certainly one weapon in your arsenal. I’m sure it makes people reconsider …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) with Public Transportation
Question: What country just became the world’s first to reduce VMT with free public transportation?
An American Saga: The Ongoing Struggle Over Pollution from our Cars and Trucks
In this corner, we have Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency, continuing in its ferocious assault on fuel mileage and pollution standards for cars sold within the United States. The prospective winners? The car companies. The losers: Everyone with lungs.
Ford Motor Company Will Soon Have Large Solar Carport
I can’t say enough about the people who work in entry-level positions at the iconic ad agency Ogilvy and Mather. They work hard, they’re fabulously bright, and they’re profoundly respectful. One in particular (whom I won’t identify) and I have …
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Examining the Reduction in Vehicle Miles Traveled
In response to my piece about a recent reduction in VMT (vehicle miles traveled), frequent commenter Larry Lemmert writes: I don’t think that this decline has anything to do with altruistic motives. People are driving less because their income is …
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What Does the Decline in Vehicle Miles Traveled Mean?
Here’s an interesting graphic that suggests a phenomenon that my colleague Jeff Siegel calls “peak car” – a definitive decline in the number of vehicle miles traveled in the U.S. Granted, there are numerous factors that come together to push a …
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Changing the World for the Better
As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and humanitarianism. So, when we contemplate the challenges …
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Attitudes Towards Car Ownership Have Changed, Will Change Further
It’s the 109th anniversary of the first sale made by the Ford Motor Company: a Model A. From that moment, the concept of automobile ownership grew steadily and rapidly in importance in the American psyche; in fact, it expanded to …
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