Entries from Cascadia Prospectus tagged with 'greenhouse gas emissions'
More Telework Means Major Savings, Increased Productivity
Using a robustly-researched, fine-tuned "telework savings calculator" developed by the Telework Research Network, Seattle Times workplace blogger Michelle Goodman highlighted what this region's employers and workers could save in various costs and gain in improved productivity if the 40 percent...
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Mileage Tax Gets Boost From Peters, Mineta Institute
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation under George W. Bush, Mary Peters recently told the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Growth Summit that the country needs to move toward a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax to replace the failing gas tax....
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LaHood: Mileage Charge, P3s, Expanded Tolling All Possible
In a significant return to a controversial topic - the positive mention of which once earned him a sharp public rebuke from President Barack Obama's press secretary - U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood today in Chicago reiterated the possibility of...
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Microsoft's Rob Bernard On "Zero, Shared, And Efficient Miles"
We've now got a full transcript (at bottom, here) of the address given by Microsoft's Chief Environmental Strategist Rob Bernard last month at Cascadia Center's "Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation" conference. Stressing the growing potential of information technology to shape decisions...
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Hurray For Transit, But It's No Silver Bullet
With U.S. gas prices blowing through the roof, transit ridership is growing along with enthusiasm for green vehicles that will run on electricity and liquid fuels, a.k.a. plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs. Cascadia Center has championed expanded transit for...
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Paul Roberts On The Promise Of Plug-in Hybrids
The May/June 2008 issue of Mother Jones is all about "The Future Of Energy," and one must-read article is "The Seven Myths Of Energy Independence," by Paul Roberts, author of "The End Of Oil." Roberts argues that energy security is...
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Gov. Kulongoski Eyes Congestion Pricing In Metro Portland
In a recent speech to the Oregon Environmental Council's Business Forum, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski (below, right) said the transportation plan he'll present to the 2009 state legislature will likely accent congestion pricing. It could also include a statewide low-carbon...
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