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Let’s Put An End To The Myth That Electric Cars Are Not Suitable For Rural Drivers

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Let’s Put An End To The Myth That Electric Cars Are Not Suitable For Rural Drivers

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https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/07/130208-case-evs-rural-areas

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The topic of my main article from PLANETIZEN is that electric vehicles in rural areas can provide both a pathway for new transportation opportunities and also cut costs for families struggling with skyrocketing gasoline prices.

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Many believe that the urban rural divide extends into transportation, as EVs are looked at as foreign to the world of the rural citizens of this country. However, It is increasingly becoming apparent that rural Americans can benefit from the introduction of electric vehicles and charging stations into their homes. Those in rural areas statistically drive far more than those who live in urban areas whether for agricultural work, home, or to events. The use of EVs and at home charging stations can solve a huge financial burden that this amount of gasoline takes on many Americans who live the rural lifestyle.

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San Francisco, Paris Named Best Cities for Urban Transportation

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San Francisco, Paris Named Best Cities for Urban Transportation

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-10/best-cities-for-transportation-2024-public-transit-evs-and-biking

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San Francisco and Paris have been declared in the top ranks on an urban index for the best cities for transportation. These cities like San Francisco demonstrate an immense dedication to the future of urban transportation development, shifting away from gas powered cars and creating a robust system of urban transit with new technology. They also benefit from the climate and are environmentally friendly with the introduction of EVs and other innovative forms of transportation which can also affect rural areas in a positive way. Preparations for sporting events also landed other cities like Paris on the list while the main focus was on how ready the cities adapt to a technology golden age in urban renewal.

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Article citations:

Hanley, S. (2024, July 3). Let’s Put An End To The Myth That Electric Cars Are Not Suitable For Rural Drivers. CleanTechnica. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/03/lets-put-an-end-to-the-myth-that-electric-cars-are-not-suitable-for-rural-drivers/

Valle, M. D. (2024, December 10). Best cities for transportation 2024: Public transit, evs and biking. Bloomberg.com. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-10/best-cities-for-transportation-2024-public-transit-evs-and-biking

Wang, S. (2024, July 24). What Cities Can Learn From How Tokyo and Toronto Approach Transit-Oriented Development. Next City. https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/what-cities-can-learn-from-how-tokyo-and-toronto-approach-transit-oriented

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What Cities Can Learn From How Tokyo and Toronto Approach Transit-Oriented Development

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What Cities Can Learn From How Tokyo and Toronto Approach Transit-Oriented Development

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https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/what-cities-can-learn-from-how-tokyo-and-toronto-approach-transit-oriented

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Living in Tokyo, Japan and Toronto with their transportation systems and impressive walkability in such expansive urban metropolises has inspired some to pursue this standard across all city areas elsewhere. This kind of development is great for the continuing sustainability of our planet, especially as we are mere a few years from a climate catastrophe sure to be curbed from competent urban planning decisions in our major cities. These ideas serve as a reminder of how much more efficiently we should be building out suburban areas near rural places in North America. This can be achieved through a coordinated effort of engineering, planning, and a rapid paced approval process for building in certain areas for the benefit of all.

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Grass Valley, California is a small area in a rural region between the major cities of Sacramento and Reno. It has no more than 15,000 people at most and is traveled most at long distances by gasoline powered car.

The stakeholders are a family including the parents Juliana Dockery and her husband Sean. The Volkswagen ID. 4 is their choice vehicle to reduce their carbon emissions in the small community.

Planning issues under consideration include the far distances that are required and where to place EV charger stations. Would it be better suited for families to own one at home or have them placed in public areas.

Debates: Some say EVs and charging stations  would solve the issue of the worsening carbon footprint in rural areas and drive down exorbitant gas prices for families that need to traverse the rural landscape daily. Others say that it is of little use due to the fuel or vehicle strength of EVs not matching the kind of work required to make a living in rural areas, and that charging stations just aren't numerous enough for the long travels.

Some changes to social policy include Coltura, an organization with the ultimate goal and the hopes to change the culture around EVs in rural areas to convince more people to adopt them and reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.

The current status is that some families in the region like the Dockerys have adopted these vehicles for both home and work life but the infrastructure remains solidly unchanged.

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San Francisco and Paris are both major cities in the United States and Europe that have decided to invest heavily in their urban transportation infrastructure. The draw for many people to come to these cities includes new technology such as electric vehicles and better urban walkability.

The impacted community are the researchers and everyday civilians who are residents of the cities. Researchers study the approval of the public and successful urban adoption of EVs and efforts by cities to improve livability when weighing rankings of cities around the world.

Planning issues under consideration include the taxes needed for cities which adopt this program and how this may set an unwarranted precedent for cities below the ranking of technological and environmental innovations such as nations in Africa.

Debates: Economic importance in shifting to the use of EVs versus adopting more simple livable infrastructure projects for bikes and small transit.

Some changes to policy include infrastructure changes and economic approval through tax incentives to build on the current trend of increased urbanization taking into account the carbon emissions and walkable cores in high tech cities.

The current status is that these cities are high up on the list for cities with great livability rankings and new tech used to curb climate change.

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Tokyo and Toronto are cities in Japan and Canada which have a growing reputation for smaller city cores that allow easily accessible transportation infrastructure and walkable lanes. This is essential planning that should be provided more often for people as we near the edge of the climate crisis.

The urban stakeholders are the people who live within these cities and can adopt strategies to help the environment and provide their input in agencies to design the new cities we should aspire to and possibly become researchers in this process.

Planning issues under consideration include the halted production of readily usable housing units across the North American continent that could be done without the process of zoning laws and other restrictions. Also many people might be averse to the increased integration of transit systems around their homes leading to zoning restrictions. High costs for investing into infrastructure for many cities is also a barrier.

Debates: Suburban and urban design versus how the climate requires different housing strategies that might conflict with the family housing that many are used to.

Some changes to policy include timing, with planning and mapping certain areas to build transit infrastructure requiring just as much as actually building the transportation systems. Some projects can also be economically viable to certain clientele if managed this way through climate consciousness.

The current status is that many cities still suffer from high housing costs, and that hgh investment transit projects like those in Toronto and Tokyo are attempted by other cities to be matched by planning councils if we are to move into a carbon free future.

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The thing that interested me the most about this particular article was the fact that 70% of miles of road were found in rural America, adding fuel to the discussion about electric vehicle and gas spending in rural areas. I feel that this part of planning is important as a significant number of Americans are living in rural formats, and that electric vehicles are a new step in continuing lifestyles while adding in conscious changes to carbon footprints. This drives me to conduct more research on how rural areas like farming towns are adopting new technologies to maintain a better form of life.

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I found the article interesting and one thing that intrigued me was that often sporting events are incentives for cities to improve upon existing infrastructure, adding additional innovations like electric vehicles and increased mobility. I feel that with San Francisco and Paris being top cities of worldwide appeal and technological prowess in their respective countries, they should set an important and unique planning precedent for electric vehicles and updated living standards for cities everywhere. This makes me think more about how other cities can also follow suit  as example cities and raise awareness of atmosphere quality and the goals to make the world emissions go down through their own technological advancements.

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An interesting thing about this article was how much of a restriction certain laws can have on the completion of much needed infrastructure projects like codes and zoning laws. I feel that with this particular planning topic, it is important for cities to have urban transit that is heavily invested into by the city for the betterment of the air quality as well as livability factors for everyday people who require the access to transportation. This makes me think that in urban planning, we should be influenced by teams who collaborate on a unique task faced by the city to maximize the efforts to improve city spaces with transportation services and increased housing units.

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These three articles all tackle a different subject matter but they hold the same message to be true at the end of the day. Carbon emissions are rising, and the climate and livability for urban cities is a dire issue that needs to be tackled. The first article describes rural settings with EVs as an important stepping stone to reducing fuel costs for families in America and for improving upon rural infrastructure with new advancements in the process and lowering carbon emissions.  While the other two articles delve deep into the urban patterns that residents desire such as walkability and transportation, as well as the importance of keeping the climate at a good level through policies in cities for transit infrastructure. The more illuminating article for me in regards to the effects on the climate was the first article about how EVs can have a positive effect in a rural area compared to the third one. The third article was focusing primarily on how the cities of today have transit and housing issues which leave much to be desired in terms of planning efforts. It mentioned how they should adopt strategies for tighter urban cores with amenities like available transportation, following Tokyo and Toronto’s systems closely. I will say the article that explained the topic and stressed the importance of rural to urban transportation along with the climate most thoroughly was the first one about EVs in California’s rural regions, as it gave an example of rural families striving to embrace innovations in transportation linked mostly to urban areas and talked about how this can help the climate with reducing CO2 output from families in North America more often if others also adopted EV travel.