The Green Solution to 21st Century Transportation Problems

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:14:19 +0000

With only current methods of urban transportation available, we are mired in traffic jams. We have no choice but to breathe foul air. We worry about civilization’s influence on the climate. We are captive to the price of oil. We are concerned with the lack of equity in our society because of the large number of people who cannot or should not drive. We witness an appalling number of people killed and injured in auto accidents. We wonder about urban sprawl as energy becomes more expensive.

In Defense of Innovation in Public Transportation

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:16:11 +0000

I have read 31 comments posted in the Pioneer Press in reaction Dr. Andregg’s Editorial, "Fascination with trains costs Minnesota plenty". As can be expected, some were complimentary and some negative. Whenever I have lectured on an issue of public concern, I have found the most useful strategy to be the careful study of the arguments in opposition to the views I had concluded should be advanced, and then adjust my position to take into account reality. I have used this strategy most often while lecturing on either nuclear arms or personal rapid transit (PRT), which I chose to study because through it I envisioned a future urban environment far superior to that which we experience today. Understanding the arguments of the opposition is most certainly a useful strategy in explaining PRT.

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The Green Solution to 21st Century Transportation Problems

In Defense of Innovation in Public Transportation