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Washington diary: Oil addiction

Matt Frei travelled to Houston to debate how America is going to get itself off oil. And, of course, most of this can apply equally well to other North American cities – including ours.

Worth reading not becuase he says anything especially new or different – but it is good writing. For example

Houston is not so much a city but a climatic disaster masquerading as one.

Written by Stephen Rees

July 3, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Posted in Transportation

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Who am I and what is this

I am a recusant transportation economist and regional planner, displaced from England by the abolition of the Greater London Council and a dislike of Thatcherism. Until March of 2004 I worked for the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority on wide variety of policy issues. None of these have been solved since I left, and the region now seems to be likely to abandon its long established growth strategy altogether, as the province is determined to expand its major freeway. I have long advocated more sensible policies to better integrate transport and land use. And this blog is a way to keep up the pressure! It also allows me to vent a bit on related issues.