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Ontario Climate Lab Explores Policies to Complement Cap and Trade
Ontario “will need both cap-and-trade and a suite of complementary policies and programs” to meet its carbon reduction targets, the Clean Economy Alliance reported ... -
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Sustainable Transportation Boosts Health, Reduces Collisions [Infographics]
TheCityFix is out with a couple of infographics that point to the benefits of sustainable transportation. -
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Sprawl Increases Vehicle Travel, Costs U.S. $1 Trillion Per Year
Urban sprawl costs the U.S. economy more than $1 trillion per year, the Victoria Transport Policy Institute estimated in a report issued last week ... -
Cities Aim to Design Streets for People, Not Cars [Photo Spread]
Co.Exist is out with a list of seven cities that are starting to go car-free. -
Dropping Car Ownership Boosts Local Economies, Household Budgets
Local economies could gain $1 billion per year for every 140,000 people who give up car ownership, and individual consumers could save $7,000 per ... -
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Paris Smog Plan Bans Cars in City Centre, Doubles Bike Lanes
Paris is planning to fight smog by permanently banning cars from the city centre and doubling the number of bike lanes by 2020, Grist ... -
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European Bicycle Economy Creates 650,000 Jobs
Europe’s bicycle economy already employs 650,000 people, more than mining and quarrying and nearly twice as many as steel, and could account for a ... -
Mix of Transportation Options Could Allow Big Cities to Do Without Cars
Helsinki’s plan to eliminate the need for automobiles by 2025 is opening a dialogue about whether the world’s largest cities can do without cars. -
U.S. Bike Deaths on the Rise, and Most Victims Are Now Adults [Infographic]
The number of U.S. bicyclists killed in motor vehicle crashes increased 16% from 2010 to 2012, and the proportion of fatal collisions involving adults ... -
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Census Data Show 88% of New San Francisco Households Are Car-Free
Of the 11,139 households that formed in San Francisco between 2000 and 2012, 88% were car-free, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data ... -
80% of Toronto Homebuyers Prefer ‘Walkable, Transit-Friendly Neighbourhoods’
More than 80% of Greater Toronto Area homebuyers “prefer walkable, transit-friendly neighbourhoods to car-dependent locations, even if it means trading a large house and ... -
Smaller Homes, Walkable Communities Could ‘Save the Planet’
Lifestyles are one factor determining our energy use and carbon footprint, and walking is one habit that is going out of style in the ... -
Bicyclists Must Feel Safe on the Road, Says Transportation Secretary Foxx
It won’t be easy to fund bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in the United States, but Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said it’s essential to help ... -
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Ride-Sharing Apps Could Reduce Car Ownership
Ride-sharing services like Uber “could well transform transportation the way Amazon has altered shopping—by using slick, user-friendly software and mountains of data to completely ... -
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Solar Roadways Project Raises 124% of Indiegogo Goal (And Counting…)
With six days before their funding appeal closed, Sagle, Idaho-based Scott and Julie Brusaw had exceeded the $1 million Indiegogo goal they’d set for their ...
