Expanding Transportation Choices

Even as commute times grow longer and air quality declines, the U.S. continues putting most of its transportation dollars into highways. Is there a better way?

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August 31, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Guests on the next Smart City Radio show believe the answer is yes. Neha Bhatt is a member of the Sierra Clubs Challenge to Sprawl Campaign committee, and she has been looking at how to reduce traffic through better transportation investments and land use planning. Andy Kunz is a national expert on transportation issues, rail transportation, transit oriented design, and New Urbanism. He runs NewTrains.org, devoted to promoting rail as a solution to congestion in America and newurbanism.org. Listen live Sundays at 9 a.m. central on the WKNO FM Stations, NPR for the Mid-South. And hear Smart City again Tuesdays at 9 a.m. Or listen to archived shows online anytime.

Thanks to Sheila Edmundson

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