Meet Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
Check out this recent Treehugger article on current US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. There’s a lot in it to indicate that the Obama Administration is truly committed to improving the livability of neighborhoods. Here’s Secretary LaHood:
“What we’ve talked about is getting to a concept that we call livable communities, where people don’t have to get in a car every day. You can use light rail, you can use buses, you can use walking paths, you can use your bike.”
From the Treehugger article:
LaHood’s Department of Transportation wants every metropolitan area in the country to conduct “integrated housing, transportation, and land use planning.”… Although it sounds like a no-brainer, in reality, transportation, housing policy (including affordable housing) and land use issues are rarely addressed in an integrated fashion. The results of this disjointed approach to planning can be seen in every American city.
It’s a quick read, so I suggest perusing the rest of the article here.