With enormous respect to Martin Cassini and those who believe that human nature and civil behaviour alone is going to do the trick, I would like to add the...
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Hey all, Well I got thru the 1st yearr. . .I was car-free 1 year on 11/15/06. I think the 1sst year is the hardest. . .once you've been thru all 4 seasons it...
Very good; that's even better (certainly on the surface) than me. The longest that I've ever "done it" is for a month or two (which is the length of time that...
... First, congratulations to Elizabeth for taking the first monumental step of getting rid of her car and enduring that first year of daily trials and...
I've not done a year yet but am struggling. Older 3 kids are easy. They just catch the bus and are mobile with legs that work but getting C places in her...
Thanks for all the kudos. To answer questions- i do not own a car and have used my bike, the bus, my feet and the occasional ride (when no other alternative)...
My esteemed opponent Robert Matter wrote: [snip] ... have ... TF: I much prefer a train to a bus. A bus is just another kind of car! And the fact that it has...
I don't understand Tom Frost's diatribe against buses. To my mind it is indisputable that when the bus was the primary means of road motor transport the roads...
... TF: Not against buses, much. The inherent disadvantages that I pointed out of buses compared to trains, such as the fact that buses are part of the...
I went from NY to DC and back by Amtrak train. Quicker than the buses! But here in the UK its very different as we have shorter distances. Local buses are...
http://www.citeulike.org/user/mokgand/article/972454 Bicycling to work decreased risk of mortality in approximately 40% after multivariate adjustment,...
In reply to Tom Frost, I suspect that he would have no qualms about bus drivers in the UK, and the rest of Europe for that matter. Maybe this is because the ...
I live on the California Central Coast where the car/truck reigns supreme. No one has a conscience about the one person/trip mindlessness. We have a county...
... chiming in here also from Central CA... public transport on this coast can be described fairly as "insanity". for example: Amtrak has a widespread bus...
Oh I don't know, First Bus drivers (motto: First the Worst) seem to think they are rally drivers. I've helped pick up old ladies who have fallen when the bus...
It may be off subject but for those thinking of travelling in Europe and beyond by train, ferry and bus there a great website http://www.seat61.com/ I love...
He did a London to Moscow by train which I'm going to do in the spring with stops in Berlin and Warsaw. Looks fun. S Simon Baddeley <s.j.baddeley@...>...
I've mentioned on the list before that I'm not car-free but I am striving to reduce my miles driven and my dependence on the car. Here's a recent story about...
... TF: ...a thing called free enterprise, it sounds like to me. ... TF: Your bashing of Amtrak would fit right in on the Transport-Policy list, the incrowd of...
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Getting from A to B in decent time may not be of paramount importance, but neither is it of no importance. In 2000 I returned from a conference in Santa Cruz...
... [snip] ... is to foster ... to prevent ... TF: I was referring not to whatever shady bureaucratic deal exists in the left-coast example that I was...
... Sure, everybody does. But sometimes circumstances dictate a bus. The point is a folder gives you the flexibility to board either without regard to...
BM: [snip] ... bus ... miles ... TF: We vehicular cyclists _know_ that a 9-span bridge would be "treacherous" to _you_, Mr. Matter. But still, no problem. Just...
... made ... empty. ... with ... it. ... All this is interesting and highly relevant having just read George Monbiot's article in the Guardian on Tuesday...
... =v= The Administration of G.W. (Global Warming) Shrub has been making a concerted effort to defund/eliminate Amtrak. Breaking these connections guarantees...
Tom, why are you so mad at cyclists? TF Said- (i.e. they "_are_ traffic" - a concept which, BTW, has nothing to do with a certain organization of newbie...
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