Steve Lopez and L.A.'s Bottleneck
So I'm making the six-and- a-half mile trek from West L.A. Library to Brentwood, doing the 45 minute stop-n-go tortoise yawn crawl.
The challenge is I must not nap on my steering wheel. This stop-n-go traffic is beyond BOR...
Wait!
Steve Lopez's bottleneck blog.
Bring me more good traffic-saving ideas!
I come home and type away, finding Steve Lopez's Bottleneck blog just where I left it days ago, only now there's a plethora of worthy new ideas.
Great ideas!
Politicians are you listening?
One idea I loved was up the driving age to 18 and only allow high-school graduates. 
Another great idea was creating major arteries as one way thorough-fares. Example: Pico one way, Olympic another.
San Francisco is like this and, sometimes, it drives me crazy since I haven't lived there in awhile, and when I visit I forget which streets are this way or that.
Wrong way!
Ahh!
There was also a link to another blog http://www.autobloggreen.com where the author wrote about the head of L.A.'s transportation department, Jaime de la Vega, who....DRUM ROLL....drives a Hummer H3.
A Hummer H3 weighs almost 2 1/2 tons!!!
And its contribution to global greenhouse emissions... I'll get back to you on that.
Chevron are you banking him? Or banking on him?
SHAME ON JAIME!
But there's time to improve and buy something new, Jaime, so don't fret.
Our elected officials MUST be an example and accountable. Especially in light of the fact California is leading the environmental clean-up way.
Thanks to Schwarzenneger, who said, "We will soon be recognized as the leader in clean technology..." And "I propose California be the first in the world to develop a low carbon fuel standard that leads us away from fossil fuel..." we are on the right path, going toward a a future where companies and government will be accountable, and, yes, regulated, for the betterment of all.
So elected officials, please get with the program. And make decisions based on a more economical and environmentally friendly future.
And consider one of my favorite traffic solutions: Tax incentives for employers to have employees work from home.
As for my work, I'm helping companies find energy and pollution-saving solutions, and writing their environmental progress reports. If you're interested to learn more and about my credentials: www.environmentalprogressreports.com
P.S. I found this nifty Hawaiian sustainability blog http://kauaian.net/blog/ The writer has a breezy style... island influence no doubt.
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