Reid Ewing, the lead author of Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, spoke at the recent meeting of the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission in Salem.

Read the meeting materials (Part 1, Part 2), including an excerpt from Growing Cooler.

In brief, Mr. Ewing indicated that to meet Oregon’s goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, it won’t be enough to rely solely on improved technology and cleaner fuels. In addition, it makes sense to begin looking at ways to enable some people to make fewer or shorter trips some of the time—in particular, by encouraging more compact urban development.

Mr. Ewing, a nationally recognized expert on transportation, best development practices, and related topics, will be speaking at the Lane County Moving Forward Together™ conference on June 11.