by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The first car-free development in the United States was recently unveiled in Tempe, Arizona. One 17-acre infill project may not...
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Ecomobility Bridges the Political Divide
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders States are primarily using transportation funding to accommodate roadway expansion for cars, resulting in even more climate...
Climate Action Through Land Use
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Land use reform can achieve more climate action results than switching half of all cars in the US to electric vehicles (EV) by...
New Life for Old Buildings
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Office vacancies are at a 30-year high while the US has a housing shortage of over seven million units. Converting some of that...
Balancing Electric Vehicles with Ecomobility
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders We must transition to zero-emission vehicles. But let’s not pretend that EVs are a panacea. While EVs eliminate tailpipe...
Street Fight: Cars vs Bikes
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Drivers strongly support bike lanes …. as long as they don’t reduce any lanes for cars. To win the fight for ecomobility, we need...
Ecocities through Farmland Preservation
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The environmental impact of future growth can be cut in half by the formation of compact cities where dense, mixed-use development...
The Path to Pathways
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders In Prosperity Comes in Cycles, I wrote that people are increasingly seeking alternatives to car dependency though active...
Population Bomb and Bust
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders In November 2022, world population surpassed 8 billion people. Despite the strain already placed on Earth by our prolific species...
Transformation Through Ecomobility
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders “Cycling is not a goal in itself but rather a highly-prioritized political tool for creating a more livable city.” That’s a quote...