May
13th
2009
Wed
13th
2009
The costs of using the car for every type of trip are finally apparent, from their contribution to global climate change, the national obesity epidemic from loss of daily physical activity, and the 40,000 deaths per year on the roadways, to the social isolation and neighborhood fragmentation that the roadway system creates.
— Marc Schlossberg, an associate professor of planning, public policy and management at the University of Oregon and an associate director of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, as quoted in Car-Free in America? (N.Y. Times)
