In its fourth iteration, the Geography of Urban Transportation has evolved alongside our transportation system. What has not changed however is the need for good data to understand why people make the choices they do. Often it’s a reaction to policy decisions that have created an auto dominated culture. As the authors point out, American’s do not love cars any more than other countries, but our policies have set in stone the infrastructure for an auto-dominated culture. We have to drive to get to our destinations in many cases. But what we need to do is get off the highways and start taking a multimodal approach to transportation planning. Transportation is so engrained in our daily lives that simple transportation solutions do not exist. Transportation impacts housing, employment, commerce and many other facets of city life. “Transportation is essential to understanding the world.”

Links:

•  New York Times Article on Portland’s Transportation Future https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/21/climate/portland-emissions-infrastructure-environment.html

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