The new think tank Agora Verkehrswende has come up with 12 theses for an energy transition in transportation, and Germany’s environmental Agency (UBA) has published its ideas about the “city of tomorrow.” There is a consensus in the sales pitch, as Craig Morris explains. Last year, I wrote about the founding of Agora Verkehrswende (the latter word meaning “transportation transition”) and wondered specifically if the sister organization of the think tank Agora Energiewende would take a truly holistic perspective – or merely come up with policy changes to rescue German automakers, thereby focusing on industry policy rather than environmental policy. By email, spokesperson Fritz Vorholz reacted to my article at the time by assuring me his organization would be holistic. With the publication of its 12 theses, we can now see what that approach looks like. Unfortunately, there is still no English version of the text, and space requirements prevent me from listing all 12 theses here, but suffice it to say that the list is pretty impressive. The first thesis – “a transportation transition … Continue reading Germany starts to address sustainable mobility