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Fuel-Friendly Autos, Not Rail

May 1

2008

This morning, the Seattle Times published the Antiplanner’s op ed about rail transit, energy, and greenhouse gases. But where did they get that deer-caught-in-the-headlights photo?

The Oregonian published an abbreviated version of the same op ed (san photo) last week.

Someone named Jake thinks he found a flaw in my study. As he points out in his comments on the Responsible Transportation blog, I based my auto energy efficiencies on the average of city and highway driving, when he thinks I should have used just city driving.

As I point out in response, hybrids like the Toyota Prius actually get better mileage in cities. So his point does not change my main argument that we can save more energy and reduce more greenhouse gases by encouraging people to drive more fuel-efficient cars and reducing the energy wasted in congestion than by building rail transit.

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