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Fewer Vehicles, Not Just EVs w/ RMI's Ben Holland
Description
In this episode, I connect with Ben Holland, Senior Associate at RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute), for a conversation about why we need fewer motor vehicles, not just electric vehicles, and the inherent fragility of car-centric cities.
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In order to combat climate change, we know that we must electrify the motor vehicle fleet (and other fossil fuel burning engines for that matter) as soon as possible, but what we also need is far fewer motor vehicles on our roads (not to mention far fewer lane miles), especially in our cities.
We also discuss the critical role that walkable urbanism, better land-use patterns, and active mobility networks appropriate for "All Ages & Abilities" play in our quest for sustainable, successful, equitable, and livable communities.
Additional Helpful Links:
Electric Cars Are Great, But Even Better: No Cars an article with Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America
Transportation for America: Driving Down Emissions
RMI's Coming Back Stronger Report
RMI: Building Urbanism into Climate Policy
RMI: The Pandemic and Fragility of Auto-Centric Cities
Bloomberg Newsletter: Need To Think Outside the Electric Car
Ben's Guest Opinion regarding opening up West Pearl Street to Diners
CNU - Congress for the New Urbanism
NRDC - (Natural Resources Defense Council)
World Resource Institute (WRI)
IPCC: Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable development
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
UC Davis VMT Induced Demand Calculator
RMI Colorado Induced Demand Calculator
UC Davis National Zero Carbon Plan
Martha Roskowski - Further Strategies
Constantine Samaras - Low Carbon Transportation resear