The following web resources
are especially helpful:
Induced
Demand--ARB
Research
National Center for Sustainable
Transportation--Increasing Highway Capacity Unlikely to
Relieve Traffic Congestion
Impact of Highway Capacity and Induced Travel on Passenger
Vehicle Use and Greenhouse Gas
Emissions--Policy Brief
Impact of Highway Capacity and Induced Travel on Passenger
Vehicle Use and Greenhouse Gas
Emissions--Technical Background
Document
Links to California
State Government Documents (Please note that some of these may take
substantial time to load):
A useful home page for California climate change issues is
the Climate Action
Team site.
The California Air Resources Board held a Spring 2008
symposium on the issue of land use and VMT.
Many useful PowerPoint
presentations are available.
As part of the development of the California Air Resources
Board's Scoping Plan to respond to the challenges of
climate change, the Land Use Subgroup of the Climate Action
Team (LUSCAT) issued a draft of the
report of its
strategies to
reduce GHG emissions from motor vehicles by changing
future land use development patterns.
The California Attorney General has created a
Climate Change page.
National Commission
The National
Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
produced its Final
Report, which
contains very forward-thinking recommendations calling
for a fresh start with federal transportation programs,
a focus on performance outcomes, and congestion
pricing.
Peak Oil
For a
Primer on Peak Oil.
For a short introduction
to Peak Oil and a set of
links to resources.
Global Public
Media carries
news about Peak Oil.
The Post Carbon
Institute is a
leading site on preparing for a world that doesn't
depend on fossil fuels. An important focus is on
bringing our lives back to a local focus, which they
call "relocalization."
James Howard
Kunstler has
written and spoken extensively on Peak Oil.
The Long
Emergency, his
book-length exposition of the eventual devastating
impacts of Peak Oil on the American way of life, is
highly recommended.