Cars vs. Transit 24.1

Editorial: No More Horsing Around
Ray Tomalty

The US and Us
Tamim Raad and Jeff Kenworthy
Canadian cities are going the way of their US counterparts into car-dependent sprawl.
Inset: Dimensions of Difference
Inset: Going My Way? by Michael Torreiter
Inset: The Best Text by John Hartman
Inset: Take a White Bike by Environment Network News

What's Right With This Picture?
If it weren't for legal barriers and biases, your community could look like this one...

Back On Track
John Pucher
Eight steps to rejuvenate public transport in Canada.
Inset: A New Kind of Bus Afoot by Elise Houghton
Inset: Bikeshyviks Rule by Tamim Raad and Gavin Davidson

Driving Out Subsidies
Todd Litman
How better pricing of transportation options would help protect our environment and benefit consumers.
Inset: What Is the Goal of Transportation?
Inset: Car Co-ops Unclog Causeways! by Miki Promislow
Inset: Sustainable Transportation Indicators
Inset: Ensuring Equity in the Transition

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Notes

Weak Controls Burn Hamiltonians
Lynda Lukasik
Residents press for tighter regulation of the recycling industry.

Up With the Creek
Joel Freedman
Unusual partners are restoring an endangered watershed on Vancouver Island.

Mining On "Nature Island"
Gwenith Whitford
The Dominican government's resource extraction plans anger conservationists.

Good Idea, Bad Neighbour
David Bacon
Los Angeles recyclers contaminate their surroundings.

Reviews

Stephen Dale, McLuhan's Children: The Greenpeace Message and the Media
Graham Purchase, Anarchism and Ecology
William Ophuls, Requiem for Modern Politics: The Tragedy of the Enlightenment and the Challenge of the New Millennium

Letters

Harms' Way: Weathering the Traffic by Dave Harms