By Kelly Duggan
Burlington’s snow-covered streetscape is a stark contrast to what we saw over the summer. Where…
Welcome to People, Places, and Transportation, a blog about how to shape a cleaner, greener, more accessible, and more sustainable transportation future in Vermont. This is the next incarnation of the blog formerly housed at Sustainable Transportation Vermont. Stay awhile!
TCI: A Way to Pay and a Future to Imagine
By Johanna Miller
“That’s a nice idea, but how are we going to pay for it?” This phrase…
More People in Fewer, Cleaner Vehicles
By Eliana Fox
Before COVID-19, two of my European friends came to visit the U.S. We were walking…
Welcome to People, Places, and Transportation
By Brian Shupe
What comes to mind when we think about transportation today? For most of us, it’s…
COVID-19 and the Rise of Remote Work
By Jonathan Slason
With more than 300 million Americans subject to some type of state or local stay-at-home…
Sharing Rides in the Age of Social Distancing
By Stephen Falbel
For many years, transit agencies and their governmental partners at all levels have been telling…
Supply and Demand: Exploring Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
By Jack Hanson
In 2000, the State of Vermont created Efficiency Vermont, a utility focused on reducing waste…
Stop Requiring Parking!
By Josh Katz
No one likes parking lots. They’re ugly and expensive. They enable driving alone and cause…
New Lanes for I-89? The Costs are High.
By Richard Watts
At the close of a record-breaking decade of weather disasters, after Venice flooded and while…
Putting the Village Back in Essex Junction
By Robin Pierce
“The Five Corners? Why would I want to go through the Five Corners?!” “Five roads,…
Clean, Convenient Travel: Diversifying Our Transportation System
By Kate McCarthy
Winter came early this year, and I suspect I wasn’t the only one in a…
A Foreign Land: A Trip to Montreal with Local Motion
By Jon Kaplan
It had been at least 15 years since I took a trip to Montreal. I…