“There is no way to meet our climate targets without a huge investment in public transportation”
Coming to the Ohio State campus in February - the Undesign the Redline exhibit, featuring our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project.
https://www.thelantern.com/2023/01/hale-hall-to-host-exhibit-on-columbus-redlining-history/
“It is a proven fact that the construction of larger highways leads not to reduced traffic, but more traffic. For nearly one hundred years, we have seen this vicious cycle repeat itself time and time again.”
“ODOT itself has in the past admitted … that we cannot build our way out of congestion, and yet they continue to turn to the same playbook year after year with the further development and construction of more highways.”
Electric vehicles are not the answer.
If Americans continue to depend on cars at the current rate, by 2050 the US alone would need triple the lithium currently produced for the entire global market, with dire consequences for water, food supplies, biodiversity, and Indigenous rights.
We need a transition away from car dependency and towards greater use of walking, biking and public transport.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/us-electric-vehicles-lithium-consequences-research
My (rescheduled) Columbus Science Pub lecture, February 2 at Shadowbox. We’ll talk about why the design of our streets is leading to soaring rates of injuries and deaths of people walking and riding bikes. The science is clear - we can stop this mayhem.
I made the local newspaper today.
Climate arson: Ohioans react (unfavorably) to idea of a second Columbus outerbelt
‘Under El Niño, McGuire wrote in Wired, “the extreme weather that has rampaged across our planet in 2021 and 2022 will pale into insignificance.”’
Check out Crash Data Explorer: an analysis and engagement tool for urban pedestrian and bike safety. Includes Ft Lauderdale, Miami, Columbus, Cleveland, Las Vegas and NYC.
Building a second outerbelt is exactly the wrong thing to do. It won't solve the problem - it will just generate more traffic, making the problem worse. The only way to reduce traffic is to provide alternatives to driving. Period.
Every time a surface parking lot disappears, an angel gets its wings!
https://northmarket.org/parking-changes-at-north-market-downtown/
“Germany is really embarrassing itself right now.” - Greta Thunberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/17/germany-coal-village-mud/
Behold a city that cares about people who use bicycles to get around and wants to encourage a green, healthy and social mode of transportation.