by Patrick Andrews | Feb 24, 2015 | Government Programs
Earthgarage presents an in-depth series on the shortcomings of New York’s transportation sector and how one grassroots organization hopes to fix it If you are a resident of New York City, or have ever hopped on a plane and stayed in a glamorous hotel in the...
by Jim Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | Government Programs
Expanding highways and roads increases congestion by creating more demand—and building more public transportation doesn’t help the problem. A quick drive on one of Los Angeles’s many freeways illustrates the fact that having more roads doesn’t necessarily...
by Jim Henderson | Dec 18, 2011 | Government Programs, Green Driving
In October we described the “fundamental law of road congestion,” which explains that building more roads fails to decrease congestion, and in fact increases it, because doing so tempts more people into their cars. The authors of that paper believe the...
by Jim Henderson | Sep 8, 2011 | Government Programs
Delhi –People often come to Los Angeles and shake their head solemnly at the effect that urban sprawl has had on the environment and low-income residents. They have obviously never been to Delhi. It’s a city “on its back” as Paul Theroux once said about Guatemala...
