{"id":141137872,"date":"2009-06-22T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=141137872"},"modified":"2009-06-22T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T12:57:52","slug":"lessons-for-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=141137872","title":{"rendered":"Lessons for the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public policy can play a major role in reshaping America\u2019s transportation system. The German experience offers five lessons to the United States for improving transportation sustainability through changes in travel behavior:<br \/>\n    * Get the Price Right in order to encourage the use of less polluting cars, driving at non-peak hours and more use of public transportation<br \/>\n    * Integrate Transit, Cycling, and Walking as Viable Alternatives to the Car, as a necessary measure to make any sort of car-restrictive measures publicly and politically feasible<br \/>\n    * Fully Coordinate and Integrate Planning for Land Use and Transportation to discourage car-dependent sprawl and promote transit-oriented development<br \/>\n    * Public Information and Education to Make Changes Feasible are essential in conveying the benefits of more sustainable policies and enforcing their results over the long term<br \/>\n    * Implement Policies in Stages with a Long Term Perspective because it takes considerable time to gather the necessary public and political support and to develop appropriate measures.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/reports\/2009\/0416_germany_transportation_buehler.aspx\">https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/reports\/2009\/0416_germany_transportation_buehler.aspx<\/a>oldId.20090622125752132<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public policy can play a major role in reshaping America\u2019s transportation system. The German experience offers five lessons to the United States for improving transportation sustainability through changes in travel behavior: * Get the Price Right in order to encourage the use of less polluting cars, driving at non-peak hours and more use of public &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=141137872\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lessons for the United States&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141137872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141137872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141137872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141137872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141137872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141137872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141137872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}