Caroline George

Dec 4, 2023 | brookings.edu | Jenny Schuetz |Adie Tomer |Julia Gill |Caroline George

Across the U.S., more frequent and destructive climate events are impacting our day-to-day lives and communities. The physical, economic, and human costs of these events are increasing and becoming more obvious over time. The average annual damages from weather- and climate-related disasters jumped from $18 billion in the 1980s to $81 billion in the 2010s, and the 2020s are easily on pace to shatter that record.

Sep 15, 2023 | brookings.edu | Caroline George |Adie Tomer

The past three years have been a remarkable period for household travel across America. Pandemic-era health restrictions, office closures, and surging e-commerce all contributed to striking changes in how, when, and where people traveled outside their homes. Decades-long patterns such as rush hour and holiday travel suddenly looked different.

Jun 29, 2023 | brookings.edu | Adie Tomer |Caroline George

American households live amid a transportation conundrum. From a technological perspective, no developed country makes greater use of private vehicles and their incredible ability to cover long distances in relatively little time. The problem is that all those vehicles come at a real cost to society: growing environmental damage, unsafe roads, higher household transportation spending, and rising costs to maintain all the infrastructure.