In 2020, the streets of Austin, Texas, won't seem much different from the way they are today. Sidewalks and bicycles will be used much as they are now: seldom. The automobile will continue to be central to daily life. Most of the city's residents will commute to work, take children to Little League games, and pick up groceries on the way home by car. But there will be one big difference: Drivers will stop far less frequently at gas stations, and the air will be considerably cleaner. That, at least, is the way that Roger Duncan, deputy general manager of Austin Energy, the city-owned utility, sees it.
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