Modern American Culture, Walking and Economics

We can no longer continue to protect our economy in spite of our environment. This reality is slowing emerging as American car manufacturers have consistently made cuts to their workforce and production over the past year. The government should follow suit with self-imposed mandates. Funding for personal vehicle transportation infrastructure should be cut. It should be shifted to more sustainable options, namely returning American city streets to pedestrians. Realities are tough to face, but our current system of transportation, and quite frankly our current system of commerce, is quickly becoming primitive in an emerging sustainable worldview. I hope these stories from my personal journey towards a sustainable model of transportation provide insight into overcoming barriers to walking.