While the discussion during the transport panel session Friday at the Sustainability Summit was geared towards US policy, as is the content of this class, Joe aptly brought the situation in China to the forefront of conversation by arguing how the Chinese must avoid making the same policy decisions that created and reinforced auto-dependency in the US. Such significance of path dependence features in the conclusion of this report by the Carnegie Endowment, which provides graphic illustration of why China is now at a crossroads with respect to transport planning. Keep in mind that dependence on the auto for fulfilling basic necessities in most US communities is one major reason why substantive efforts to reduce auto-dependence tend to encounter political headwinds.
Accessed via Sustainable Cities Collective, China's Rapid Motorization Calls for Efficient Public Transit, posted 21 April 2011 by EMBARQ
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