We struggle with rising gas prices

Speier seeks national speed limit to save gas
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/11/MNNP11N0G7.DTL

Ways to boost fuel economy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/11/MNNP11NABF.DTL
This list neglects the most obvious way to boost fuel economy: if you can't stop driving, then minimize the amount you drive as much possible by taking public transportation, walking, and biking.

Closing on Broadway: Two Traffic Lanes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/nyregion/11broadway.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Excerpt:

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

Published: July 11, 2008

In a surprising reshaping of the urban landscape, the city is creating a public esplanade along a portion of one of its most prominent streets, Broadway in Midtown, setting aside the east side of the roadway for a bicycle lane and a pedestrian walkway with cafe tables, chairs, umbrellas and flower-filled planters.

Suburbs feeling the pinch
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN3047989020080710

Excerpt:
By Helen Chernikoff

NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Ever since the rise of the automobile in the 1950s, the American Dream has featured a home in the suburbs and two cars in the garage. ...

Aimee Allison interviews a proponent and an opponent of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plans for Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California on Friday, July 11, 2008
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=27275