Op-Ed: Gateway Project Would Help Meet Climate Goals
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The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.
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How To Make a COVID-Era Pop-Up Park Permanent
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San Francisco activists are fighting their city’s decision to allow high-speed vehicle traffic back onto a road that was transformed into a beloved public park during the pandemic — and the legal mechanism they’re using to do it could be a blueprint for advocates across the country fighting to keep their own COVID-era street improvements.
Talking Headways Podcast: Saved Mental Energy
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This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, "Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives." We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto-oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car-light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience.
The One Upside of Climate Change
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Our national treasure cartoonist took his anger over the U.N.'s latest climate change report and focused it where it belongs — on drivers.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Heat is On
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This week we’re joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, director of urban environment research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it properly, and how to regulate it.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Compass for Sustainability
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This week, we’re joined by Mark Perepelitza, director of sustainability at SERA Architects, who chats about the meaning of sustainability, the company’s sustainability action plan, and its colorful Project Compass.