May 14th, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
Ask any ecologist or biologist and they’ll probably tell you that greater diversity in a system, usually referred to as biodiversity, increases its health and long term viability. Extending this to human populations, a diversity of ideas and perspectives makes for a healthier society. While conflict and strife are inevitable, co-existing is in our best [...]
May 8th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
My wife and I recently ended a 5-month long home search. Our parameters were a bit tight. Between budget and location, we automatically discounted a number of homes. We have one car and wanted to keep it that way for sustainability reasons (financial and environmental). We looked for a place close to the bus line [...]
May 4th, 2013 Eric Wilson I’ve started a little research project. Most mornings while I stand on the corner I count the number of cars that pass by as I wait for my bus transfer from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. Here are my results: Tuesday I counted 50 cars passing by as I waited for the bus, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Transportation 
Tags: Bicycles, Bus, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit, Minnesota, Prius 
No Comments » April 13th, 2013 Eric Wilson I got on the bus a few months back and it was raining. This was Minnesota in January, purported to be the coldest time of the year. The bus driver commented on the “heat wave” and asked the bus if it would get cold that night, ostensibly concerned with the possibility of the road freezing. [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bus, Climate Change, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit No Comments » March 9th, 2013 Eric Wilson I got on a bus (an empty one) the other night and it had what can only be referred to as “new bus smell.” It’s not quite new car smell, but in the general vicinity. Being the only one on the bus at the time (several others joined at the next few stops) I asked [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bus, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit, minn No Comments » February 24th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Recent life changes have led to my wife and me filling up the tank to our car 5-6 times a month, up from probably 3 previously. We no longer live across the street from her work and now drive to her work and our children’s day care, where I usually catch the bus. As we [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bus, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Oil, Oil Consumption, Peak Oil, Walking No Comments » January 12th, 2013 Eric Wilson I don’t pay much attention when I commute. I take the bus to and from work, looking up occasionally to make sure I don’t miss my stop. With my head buried in a book, I enjoy this time away from worrying about the other drivers, traffic (though it still sucks), and gas prices. On a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bus, Cars, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit, Minneapolis, Natural Capitalism No Comments » January 6th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Technically my wife and I moved to Minneapolis, at least in the city limits. We’re currently renting a home with a Walk Score of 74 (Transit Score of 47 and Bike Score of 66 all out of 100). The location is great, except two pieces. Neither of us work in the neighborhood, a huge change [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development Tags: Bus, Cars, Denver, Minneapolis, New Urbanism, Saint Louis Missouri, Urban Planning, Washington DC No Comments » December 25th, 2012 Eric Wilson This is the first post in what will become an ongoing series about riding the bus to and from work each day through Minneapolis and St. Paul. I believe his name was James. He shall forever be known as the 94 Bus Philosopher though. Since I began commuting to work via the bus a week [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bus, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit No Comments » November 4th, 2012 Eric Wilson 
Justin emailed me the other day in response to my recent post about becoming a father again. His email yielded a pretty specific response and triggered this post. My wife and I recently moved to be closer to family and have to figure out whether we can maintain the single car lifestyle in our new [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Battery, Bicycles, Bus, Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Mass Transit, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »
