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Carmageddon and Global Congestion

As the recent freeway closure in Los Angeles draws attention to America's reliance on the automobile, it should also prompt policymakers to consider the long-term challenge of global automobile proliferation.

by Deborah Gordon
published by
NPR's To the Point
 on July 15, 2011

Source: NPR's To the Point

Speaking on NPR's To the Point, Carnegie's Deborah Gordon explained that while the recent freeway closure in Los Angeles, popularly dubbed "carmageddon," received a great deal of media attention, the long-term challenge of automobile proliferation globally presents a far more daunting and recurring challenge.  With two billion cars expected by 2020, it is incumbent upon policymakers to find innovative ways to avoid a future dominated by gridlock, pollution, and inaccessibility.

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