This is right up the middle of our work here under the New Mobility Agenda. Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5848e254-8ba9-11dd-8a4c-0000779fd18c,s01=1.html ...
On Behalf Of Charles Raux Call for papers EuroCities-DATTA Workshop Urban mobility in Europe, impact of fuel price on car use 8-9 January 2009, Namur, Belgium ...
* * * Kindly share this posting with your lists and colleagues. Thank you. Eric Britton Dear Friends, Can you take a minute to share with us your nominations...
I nominate Schopfheim (pop. 20,000 ca.) in Baden-Württemburg. Still effective town centre attempt to combine street usage, building architecture, specially...
A quick update on the Knoogle 1.0 project in progress. See it at http://knoogle.net. We are working with a team from the Center for Advancing Research and ...
From: Mari Jüssi [mailto:mari@...] Dear friends European Commission has just announced the 35 candidate cities that have applied for the first two years...
Dear Eric Britton, Davis, California (population 70,000) is a great example of a sustainable city! The city is 10 x 5 miles with a central mixed-use downtown,...
Let's think of it this way. CO2 emissions from driving cars are all variable costs, i.e., each km driven is chosen. I don't buy "I am forced to drive" because...
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Simon, ... doesn't use it too often. ... lines will degenerate into laissez faire and continued traffic growth, as has indeed happened in the UK, when the...
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... From: Chris Bradshaw <hearth@...> ... Not necessarily. A lot of times car ownership (not usage) gets a social recognition, therefore there is...
The price the report chooses for a tonne of carbon is also salient here. The Stern report thought the price should be 45UKP/tonne - which at today's exchange...
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Experience also suggests that in places like Basel/Basle, people may own cars but use them a lot less BECAUSE the other options are relatively easy, safe and...
Dear Friends, 1: First feedback (work in progress) Here is the first group of suggestions we have received from the group on this thus far: · Arnhem...
Maybe Daejeon in South Korea would be a great choice! The city mayor is very committed and his staff is eager for all information they can lay their hands on....
I heard something similar from Barney at Brixton Cycles, who told me it was pointless trying to appeal to the young local community not to own a car, as their...
it's pushing it, but Arlington County, Virginia can be considered. While it's nothing like some of the places you list, recognize that it is in the U.S. ...
I dont agree that car ownership is the 'norm' for young people in London and especially not inner London. Owning a car is an expense which doesn't fit with the...
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For more on this project kindly contact: Dr. Barry Wellar, MCIP Professor Emeritus Department of Geography University of Ottawa Ottawa ON K1N 6N5 -...
Given how dangerous young male drivers are to other road users (walkers and cyclists, and other drivers) there's an awfully large social equity gain from...
Andrew Curry
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The key to the problem in developing countries is to restrict the trip lengths. We may not be able to stop people from buying cars as the current ownership ...
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Thanks Streetsblog.com for the heads-up. <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Streetsblog/~3/417175390/> PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit -...
Thanks Streetsblog.com for the heads-up. This is a very interesting take on transport in the US, which I think provides at least a modicum of hope for a...
Pretty good... and as someone born in southern California actually a little emotional at times (as now they are repairing one of the systems which drove me to...
... ... Unfortunately in spite of this, they still vote for gigantic road schemes and the mostly red-green local government and parliaments - even the new...
Todd raises a good point. Why don't automobilists pay directly through a kilometer tax for using roads? Why isn't insurance in part charged by the kilometer,...
