Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Energy

Electrification of the Region’s Rail

By Aaron Donovan | | 16 Comments
One of those subtle aspects of life that serves to normalize auto transport as the only thing going is the way most maps are designed to barely include railroad tracks and stations, presumably so as to avoid interfering with roads and Interstates and their giant identification shields. But when we plug some fun data into Google mashup mapping, it is clear that […]

Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons

By Jason Varone | | 1 Comment
A forthcoming study by Sheldon H. Jacobson at the University of Illinois suggests that Americans’ expanding waistlines have significantly increased the amount of fuel we burn. Americans are now pumping 938 million gallons of fuel more annually than they were in 1960 as a result of extra weight in vehicles. And when gas prices average […]

The Cost of Sprawl on Low-Income Families

By Aaron Donovan | | 9 Comments
Via the Manhattan Institute’s new blog, Streetsblog learns of a pdf-formatted report entitled A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Famillies, which looks at the housing and transportation expenses paid by lower income families in a number of cities. The report, published by the Center for Housing Policy, a K Street […]

Can Sprawl Be Beneficial?

By Aaron Donovan | | 20 Comments
Panelists on suburban sprawl: Eugenie Birch, James Russell, Robert Bruegmann and Alexander Garvin. Folks who went to yesterday’s Municipal Art Society forum "Can Sprawl Be Beneficial" heard what must be the best possible defense for suburban sprawl from one of its recently arrived boosters: "I’m not saying that sprawl is good," said author Robert Bruegmann. "All I’m saying is that […]

Pricing for Sustainability

By Aaron Donovan | | 6 Comments
In his weekly radio address yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg discussed some steps his administration is taking toward a sustainable future, including the creation of an Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, and a Sustainability Advisory Board, which held its first meeting last week. Long-term sustainability is of course right up Streetsblog’s alley. Correspondent Charles Komanoff donned his […]
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