Diana DeRubertis is an environmental writer with a strong interest in urban planning, a field that is intertwined with so many of today's environmental challenges. Diana received an M.A. and Ph.D. degree in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley, where she specialized in climate change science and policy. She also holds a B.S. degree in interdisciplinary environmental sciences from the University of Pittsburgh.
The Obama Administration does not currently support an increase in the gas tax or a vehicle miles fee, so it looks like both highways and alternative transportation modes will compete for dwindling revenues in the Highway Trust Fund. Pedestrian and bicycle facilities have been woefully underfunded compared to highway construction given the dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are needed to stabilize global average surface temperature even under the rosiest scenarios. Of course, if we don’t care about climate change, air quality, public health, obesity, farmland loss and a host of other issues related to car dependence, we can… Read more
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