There is a lot we could learn from the Europeans, especially about energy and the environment, the subject of our last column as well as today’s column at Bacon’s Rebellion.
One topic is vocabulary. We talk about “linking land use and transportation” and “balancing transport system capacity with settlement pattern travel demand.”
In the EU they are talking about “breaking the link between economic prosperity (aka, growth) and the growth of transport (infrastructure).
Today’s WaPo Metro Section (“Land-Use Studies Crucial, Kaine Says: State to Measure Impact of Projects“) give hope that Tim was listening three years ago.
Expanding and refining the words used might help shift the trajectory of dysfunction towards a sustainable course.
EMR