Electric car benefits are great enough now (after 100+ years of history and development) that I think most car owners would be better off with an electric car. But transitions take time and can be quickened with good incentives. As we inch…
Palo Alto Solar Permitting Process Leads The Way
Solar permitting in the US is a nightmare in many places. In world-leading solar countries like Germany and Italy, the process is much, much simpler. However, some localities in the US have worked on streamlining their process. Palo Alto’s new…
7 Things I Loved about Living & Bicycling in Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, & Redwood City, CA
Following up on my posts about what I loved about living and bicycling in Sarasota, FL and Chapel Hill-Carrboro, NC, here are 7 things I loved about living and bicycling in Northern California. In the middle of graduate school, I lived in Sunnyvale for a summer, worked in Redwood City, and did most of my grocery shopping in Palo Alto. So, despite being 3 different places, they were sort of one place to me and I’m combining them all for this.
Caltrain Threatened with Service Cuts, Citizens to the Rescue?
The mobility of Caltrain’s 40,000 daily riders on the Peninsula and the South Bay could drastically suffer under deep service cuts being considered to close a $30 million budget gap, but a movement to get the commuter rail service agency…