Press/Media Attention

Hawaii Agrees to 'Groundbreaking' Settlement of Youth Climate Change Case
Reuters – June 2024
Article by Nate Raymond on the legal settlement between the State of Hawaii and a group of young people demanding more action on climate change; Michael Replogle, SmartGO board member, served as expert witness on behalf of the plaintiffs

Hawaii Reaches Landmark Climate Settlement
National Public Radio – June 2024
Radio feature by Savannah Harriman-Pote on the legal settlement between the State of Hawaii and a group of young people demanding more action on climate change; Michael Replogle, SmartGO board member, served as expert witness on behalf of the plaintiffs

The High Cost of Transportation in the United States
Transport Matters (ITDP Blog) – January 2024
Blog post (unattributed) explaining why Americans at the low end of the economic scale are challenged to meet their transportation needs; Michael Replogle, SmartGO board member, was the founder and a longtime director of ITDP

How to Quit Cars
The New Yorker – May 2023
Book Review by Adam Gopnik. An entertaining summation of Daniel Knowles’s Carmageddon and Henry Grabar’s Paved Paradise

How to go car-free – or car-light – in Middle America
Vox – February 2023
Article by Angie Schmitt, author of Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America

Alice in Car Land: The Transport Speed Paradox
Joel’s Jambalaya – October 2022
Blog post by Joel Anderson explaining “why cars allow us to move much faster today than 100 years ago, but the net result is that in our day to day lives we don’t have access to much more stuff”

Ugly Buildings
Tucker Carlson Today; Fox Nation - February,18, 2022
Interview with Andres Duany on the benefits of walkable places, and the challenges of implementing them

Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
Medium – June, 2021
Article by Coby Lefkowitz exploring the promise and limitations of EVs

The Capital of Sprawl Gets a Radically Car-Free Neighborhood
The New York Times – October, 2020
Article about Culdesac, Tempe, featured in SmartGO’s “Live the Vision” registry of car-optional communities

Bifrost Talks: How Will the Pandemic Affect the New Normal in Mobility?
Webinar related to the film Life on Wheels (see below) – October, 2020
Panel discussion including Peter Katz, SmartGO CEO

We Need More Car-Optional Neighborhoods; Here’s How to Get Started
Strong Towns – June, 2020
Article by Quint Studer

Life on Wheels
Documentary about “transportation for a new urban century” – May, 2020
Silver award winner, Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards;
Includes interview with Peter Katz, SmartGO CEO
Rent or buy on Amazon (free for Prime members)

Mobility Today
Human City Podcast – May, 2020
Peter Katz, SmartGO CEO, interviewed by Stig Terrebone

How Addressing Housing Issues Can Reduce Congestion on Maryland’s Roads
Greater, Greater Washington – April, 2020
Article by Dan Reed, SmartGO Board Member

This City Ditched its Car-Centric Traditions to Better Serve All Transportation Users
Salud America – December, 2019
Article on Fred Dock, SmartGO Advisor

The Ups and Downs of Life Without Wheels of My Own
The New York Times – September, 2019
Follow-up opinion column by Kara Swisher (see her initial column: “Owning a Car…” below)

Uber’s Dubious Path To Profitability Is Not A Meme
Forbes – August, 2019
Article by Len Sherman, SmartGO Advisor

DC’s Vehicle of the Future Could Already Be Here
Washingtonian – July, 2019
Article by Dan Reed, SmartGO Board Member

Owning a Car Will Soon Be as Quaint as Owning a Horse
The New York Times – March, 2019
Opinion column by Kara Swisher:
A visual of the article is featured on SmartGO’s home page

Transportation, Place & Prosperity
Infinite Earth Radio Podcast – May, 2018
Peter Katz, SmartGO CEO, interview by Kate Meis
(Note: SmartGO’s previous name was GoTRANS)

Future of Mobility
UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies – January, 2018
White Paper by Susan Shaheen, PhD, SmartGO Advisor (lead author)

Only 20% of Americans Will Own a Car in 15 Years, New Study Finds
Insider – May, 2017
Article by Leanna Garfield

How Walkable Communities Are Good for Us
Huffington Post– December, 2014
Article by F. Kaid Benfield

What the Country Needs Now, Mr. President
Planning Magazine – November, 2012
Article by Peter Katz, SmartGO CEO (print and online)

Freakonomics: Not-So-Free Ride
The New York Times – April, 2008
Article by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt about distance-based auto insurance