For Earth Day, public transit means climate equity

This article appeared in The Register-Guard on April 20, 2021, and on Lane Transit District’s web site. As we reach … More

Frequent cheap tests will allow us to reopen

An abridged and updated version of this post appeared in the Eugene-Springfield Register-Guard on September 26, 2020. If we as … More

Don’t say, “When it’s over…”

This pandemic isn’t something that just ends. We need a different way of understanding the journey before we can envision … More

Our transit agency passed a climate goal. Why is that trickier than it seems?

In an age of climate emergency, setting an emissions reduction goal for a transit agency should be straightforward. But for complex reasons that are far from the public eye, it’s harder than you’d think.

Charismatic circularity, ocean plastic, and other dangerous distractions

We are rightly desperate for compelling anecdotes that demonstrate how we are solving the world’s environmental problems. That desperation may … More