Comments on: Introduction

By: Peter Muller

Peter Muller — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:59:14 +0000

We should not merely be looking at repairing and rebuilding our present infrastructure – we should also be looking at what infrastructure will best suite our needs in the future. The carbon (and auto) -free city of Masdar under construction in the UAE is planning for internal transportation to be served mainly by personal rapid transit – a form of driverless taxi system that requires less infrastructure and uses less energy with no point-of-use emissions (it is electrically powered). Visit http://www.prtconsulting.com to learn more.

By: Stu Nicholson

Stu Nicholson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:31:36 +0000

To the extent that our access is limited by our mobility to the things we need in our daily lives, be it our jobs, education, health care or whatever, so is our freedom. We have for decades developed a transportation infrastructure based on moving vehicles instead of people and goods and, in the process, we have created a transportation system that exalts highways & aviation and all but ignores other modes: rail, mass transit, waterways and even how we get around on foot or by bicycle. We are less free to move as a result.

By: Chris Lazarus

Chris Lazarus — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:05:18 +0000

The infrastructure we build now – at great public expense – will be with us for decades to come. Let’s make sure we build for the future — and not just build the same old thing that chains us to outmoded ways of doing things.

By: Ken Johnson

Ken Johnson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:30:04 +0000

I hope the series runs on our local public television stations. The information is vital to our nation and we are leaving a very poor legacy to our children.

By: bobprevidi

bobprevidi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:55:05 +0000

It all starts from looking at our feet. We have become a society that plans from behind the wheel of a car. We need a different attitude when it comes to redefining our cities and countryside. No longer can we afford to pave the planet over.