The Economic Impact of the Interstate Highway System

Since we’ve heard a lot about infrastructure improvement, I thought it might be interesting to look at the economics of interstate highways and where enviromental impacts are considered.
Here’s an interesting paper published in 2006.
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:B-QN7iVxKC8J:www.interstate50th.org/docs/techmemo2.pdf+interstate+system+economic+benefit&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Meet Me in the Middle

A site that lets you determine where to meet someone “in the middle”….
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/a-cool-way-to-meet-in-the-middle-and-cut-driving.php

The Micro Compact House…living in a box

I made a mistake in a web search and ended up considering whether to live in a box….
http://microcompacthome.com/

Electric Cars

Treehugger.com put together an overview of electric vehicle development. I’ve seen a few of these and, for urban commuting (which is much of America’s driving), they make a lot of sense. Speaking of sensible, it’s fun just to look at some innovative machines where care has been taken to engineer the energy systems. Hurrah for scale appropriate, [...]