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The Optimistic Side of Peak Oil
I just finished reading an article in this month’s Wired magazine that provides the techno-optimistic perspective on peak oil. The article suggests that a number of alternative energy sources will become available as oil hits higher price points.
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To Helmet or not to Helmet?
One of the powerful impressions I brought home from Amsterdam was that no one wears a bicycle helmet. The message that sends is that cycling is a safe activity. Does our culture’s insistence on helmets send the opposite message? Should I stop wearing my helmet to symbolize my conviction that cycling is a safe mode…
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Road Diet, Dutch Style?
Since I reflected on road diets in my last post, let me share these photos from the recent Netherlands trip. My guess is that this road may once have had more auto lanes and went on a road diet at some point.
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Road Diets
I was in a meeting a few weeks ago and heard the term “Road Diet” to describe reducing the auto capacity of a road. I found it quite curious (and a little humorous). Serendipitously I was reviewing the archive of webcasts for the PSU Transportation Seminar Series and came across a presentation specifically on the…
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If You’re Happy and You Know It…
“What does happiness have to do with transportation?” you may ask. I will tell you but first bear with me for a description of a new paradigm for public policy outlined by London School of Economics professor in his new book entitled “Happiness.” It may be hard to believe that there was a time when…