I quoted Orson Scott Card’s Honor post a week or so ago. Since then, he’s written two columns (Life without Cars and Walking Neighborhoods) that I think are worth reading.

Now, I’m not a proponent of getting rid of cars. I love killing time with road trips, and despite the fact that it’s more time-consuming and expensive than flying (which I also tend to enjoy, once I’ve actually gotten through security to the plane), I would prefer to drive to a vacation destination than fly — the journey, in my opinion, is just as much fun as the destination most of the time. Especially, in theory, if you have the right company with you.

However, a lot of what he says makes sense. There are a lot of ways that city planners could design neighborhoods to make them more conducive to walking and biking sometimes instead of driving everywhere. There are a lot of good reasons to support telecommuting, too.

Whether you think that the government needs to encourage telecommuting and “walking neighborhoods” or not, I think that Card has some good points, and that his columns are worth reading.