Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Climate Change

7 Steps to Phase Out Carbon Emissions From American Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | May 25, 2016 | 14 Comments

Eliminating carbon emissions from the American transportation system can be done, according to a new report from the Frontier Group [PDF]. The tools to reduce energy use from cars and light trucks at least 90 percent are at our disposal or in advanced stages of development. The remaining 10 percent could be supplied by renewables like wind […]

Why Fixing the Rust Belt Could Help Save the Climate

By Tony Dutzik | May 23, 2016 | 5 Comments

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group. The form of the built environment – the shape of our cities and towns – is directly related to our consumption of energy and our impact on the climate (PDF). People who live in areas where walking, biking and transit are viable means of transportation – and where car trips, […]

Toward Zero Carbon Transportation: Technology and Institutional Change

By Tony Dutzik | May 19, 2016 | 8 Comments

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group. As the parents of two teenage boys, my wife and I are required to bore them periodically with stories of how things were When We Were Your Age. One of those stories relates to food. My wife has often told the kids that she did not know what a whole […]

Rising to the Political Challenge of a Carbon-Free Transportation System

By Tony Dutzik | May 18, 2016 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group. If we are to eliminate transportation’s contribution to climate change by mid-century, we will likely need to do some things in the coming years that currently seem politically impossible. Our upcoming report, A New Way Forward, lays out some of the options: cities might embrace a new vision for urban […]

We Can Do It: A Zero-Carbon Transportation System Is Possible

By Tony Dutzik | May 17, 2016 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group. The Paris Climate Agreement, approved by world leaders last December, represented a bold commitment to prevent the worst impacts of global warming – a commitment that must now be followed by action. Meeting the agreement’s target of limiting global warming to no more than 2° C (and ideally no more […]

Why Federal Efforts to Link Transportation to Climate Change Matter

By Tony Dutzik | Apr 26, 2016 | 8 Comments

Cross posted from the Frontier Group. Twenty-five years ago this spring, I was a fresh-faced undergrad at Penn State enrolled in a course on existential threats to civilization, including climate change. We knew then (and yes, with a reasonable degree of certainty we did know) that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases were […]

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