St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie all are making plans for new housing and businesses to take root around light-rail stations that have already been sited in their towns.
From Four Suburbs are Betting Big on Light Rail
Great news - but again, it would be a lot better to be planning and building a [...]

Article today in the Star Tribune — What route is best for Southwest LRT
The basic arguments come down to: What’s fastest for suburban commuters, who’s backyard will it run through, and which neighborhoods are we going to connect.
My gut reaction in looking at the alignments is that it would be best to curve through uptown, [...]

why is this car not going to be available in the US?
I think any automaker that says we can’t get to a 35mpg fleet average is crazy.

as long as doug brought up flying cars, i thought we should follow down that theme for a little while… in your best avery brooks voice, where are the flying cars? it is the year 2000 (and eight), i was promised flying cars!
well, maybe in october?, according to autobloggreen

now, I am an obama supporter, and i believe that given our choices, obama is the better direction for the country. but i have some criticisms.
in his new energy plan, released yesterday, there is only brief mention of actually getting at the root cause of our energy consumption:
Build More Livable and Sustainable Communities
Over the long term, we know the amount [...]

sorry, I couldn’t resist:

Just one more link about the gas tax, and then I’ll stop. I promise. This comes from Robert Reich:
Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Listen to Economists
When asked this morning by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said “I’m not going [...]