Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Chapter 1 Collision Course
Before There Were Cars, There Were Canoes 8
Giddyup! Getting Around with Horses and Buggies 9
Vroom-Vroom! The Invention of the Car 10
Chaos in the Streets 11
Green Means Go 11
Getting Nowhere Fast 12
Stuck in Traffic 13
Why Is Traffic Such a Problem? 14
Chapter 2 Go with the Flow
Idling Gets You Nowhere 16
Ways to Keep Traffic Moving 16
That's Smart! Intelligent Transportation Systems 17
Alternate Driving Days 18
Congestion Taxes 19
Low-Emission Zones 19
Life Is a Highway 20
Car-Sharing Programs 20
Carpooling 21
Borrow a Bike 22
20-Minute Neighborhoods 23
Reclaiming the Streets 23
Car-Free Neighborhoods 24
Cities of the Future? 25
Chapter 3 Driving into the Future
Cars That Drive Themselves 26
Why Aren't Self-Driving Cars Already on Roads? 26
"Talking" Cars 28
High-Tech Public Transportation 29
Electric Buses 29
Electric Vehicles 30
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Hyperloop Train! 31
Traffic Disappears 33
Chapter 4 How Kids Can Help Drive Change
Hand Out Parking Tickets 34
Become Research Assistants 35
Join the Safety Patrol 36
Speak Up to Make Streets Safer 36
Walk to School 38
Plan a Special Event 39
Bike to School 40
Take Public Transportation or Carpool 40
Tell It Like It Is 41
Resources 42
Glossary 44
Index 46
Acknowledgments 48
