Let's summarize the achievement of the world's leading CSO. After 20 years, Mobility Car-Sharing has attracted about 1% of all Swiss with a drivers' license....
On Behalf Of Daryl Oster Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:58 PM To: xTransit@yahoogroups.com Howard, The energy content data you desire is all published in...
On Behalf Of Daryl Oster Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 7:22 PM To: xTransit@yahoogroups.com ... It is not always a release of energy, but energy can also be...
On Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 4:49 PM Thank you for sharing this. Cox is a master of propaganda and it's good to be ...
I am interested by the claims that dense urban centres increase congestion, pollution and travel times. I find it hard to beleive that commuting is faster in...
Dear Rory, One of my research results based on the National travel survey in the Netherlands also shows that: although commuters from less urbanised areas have...
Hi I have now undertaken a little research. The EU Urban Audit project home page can be found here: http://www.urbanaudit.org/ It covers a wide range of...
Roland Sapsford
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Oct 3, 2006 8:29 pm
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I actually also took a closer look at the urbanaudit.org data. In fact, with enough digging it is possible to find the data which, apparently, underlie Cox's...
Zegras, P. Christopher
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Oct 4, 2006 7:45 am
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[From a colleague of mine] I am currently conducting research into project risks associated with transport infrastructure, for the Dissertation element of my...
In my opinion, the issue is not so much the differences in travel times between suburban areas and central areas, but rather the evolution of travel patterns...
I think Zvi's point is well taken.. in the US commuting now accounts for only 25-27% of all km traveled, in europe a bit 2more (admittedly of a 30% smaller...
Lee Schipper
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Oct 5, 2006 9:10 am
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The reason for the trend of out of town shopping centres and offices with large car parks is usually cost. Surely the answer is to enforce effective travel...
... I agree completely! On the other hand, we now have the capability to rapidly create 'instant' big-box development (and even gated communities), so what is...
Now we get to the interesting part. Geometry assures that area increases with the square of distance from a given point. There's simply more area outside of a...
Lee Schipper
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Oct 6, 2006 12:59 pm
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[note from Eric Britton. You will find considerable background and expertise on LVT in the forum of "The Land Cafe: Putting Value Capture to Work: An...
Hmm. Just some of those statements are pretty amazing. LR and congestion and Portland. All "congestion" can't be cured, because it's a function of a land use...
totally agree with Eric.. but what of the O'Toole's on the side of the "good guys"? We are not without sinners and spinners either. Is it true that Peter...
Lee Schipper
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Oct 9, 2006 5:50 am
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I would like to invite comments on this piece that appeared in yesterday's New York Times, which to my mind in hugely rich with lessons that we all will do ...
Pick up and go 01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, October 8, 2006 By Peter C.T. Elsworth Journal Staff Writer A Zipcar - a car that is rented out on an hourly basis as...
I debated Randal O'Toole at the Florida American Planning Association annual meeting last year, and have evaluated his publications. He produces very bad...
Todd Alexander Litman
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Oct 9, 2006 7:30 pm
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PS: Harsh criticism as this may seem, my goal here is a very positive one. Read on. Boondoggle: Hate to say it John but to my mind this is but one more ...
<http://www.itdp.org/images/masthead_480.gif> “We cannot talk about urban transport until we know what kind of a city we want, and to talk about the kind...
A possibly relevant observation and a suggestion. In 1992 the World Bank undertook a study in the Ivory Coast about how best to maintain the inter-urban road...
On Behalf Of Prof J G Krishnayya Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:27 PM Agree completely. It is the think tanks and academics who will push this, since it...
Eric's criticisms are quite right. Almost all this research is a way for the Government to make out that it is doing something while shirking doing things...
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