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The Truth About Cars, the Potential of Cities

WorldChanging Team

This article was written by Alex Steffen in January 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Today's cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, though, has more to do with where we live than what we drive? This is a rough draft of a long essay about why I believe building compact communities should be one of America's highest environmental priorities, and why, in fact, our obsession...

My Other Car is a Bright Green City

Alex Steffen

Today's cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, though, has more to do with where we live than what we drive?

TravelSmart and a Philosophical Formula for the Urge to Drive

Sarah Rich

Yesterday, Jon spoke of the behavioral economics and the psychology of accepting alternatives. Much as we might think we're rational beings who come to decisions by logical means, the fact is that when weighing our options, we are often swayed by emotion and by the framing of the choice that stands before us. Take driving, for example. If we need to pick up a bag full of groceries at a store half a mile from home, we could easily walk. But if the car is sitting there and they keys are in...

WC Retro: Walksheds, Cab-Spotting and Smart Places

WorldChanging Team

By Alex Steffen, posted on April 13, 2006. A few weeks ago, Worldchanging ally Alan Durning's 18 year-old son totalled their family car. He was fine, the other driver was fine, but the car was a write-off. The family has therefore decided to conduct an experiment, and see if they can live a car-free lifestyle in a compact neighborhood in a mid-density North American city. What they're discovering is that they can reasonably walk about a mile to do most things: "A one-mile perimeter,...

"Time Spent Walking is Free"

Alex Steffen

As noted before, ally Alan Durning and his family are engaged in an experiment in car-free living. In his latest post, Alan takes on the idea that walking and using transit are just too time consuming: 1. Time spent on transit is different from time spent driving. People vary, of course, but for me, transit time is a pure gain over driving. I don’t enjoy driving. I’d rather read than listen to music or talk radio. And I can read without queasiness on all forms of transit. For me, then, car...

Walksheds, Cabspotting and Smart Places

Alex Steffen

A few weeks ago, Worldchanging ally Alan Durning's 18 year-old son totalled their family car. He was fine, the other driver was fine, but the car was a write-off. The family has therefore decided to conduct an experiment, and see if they can live a car-free lifestyle in a compact neighborhood in a mid-density North American city. What they're discovering is that they can reasonably walk about a mile to do most things: "A one-mile perimeter, therefore, defines this car-less family’s...