the front loading garages will have a definite impact on our plans. Tough to put a mid-blk ped crossing at mid-blk if there are garages there. One way we'll be...
(Kind thanks to Lee Schipper for the heads-up) Op-Ed Contributor Clear Up the Congestion-Pricing Gridlock *By KEN LIVINGSTONE Published: July 2, 2007 THE New...
The LCC had originally 2 stated objectives: cut congestion and provide funding for public transport. But even at the start, there were exemptions and...
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Ian Wingrove
ian.wingrove@...
Jul 11, 2007 9:27 am
1) Giving residents a CC discount was a political decision to make the CC more acceptable and some of us opposed this compromise - discounts for NHS staff were...
what would be a good source of information on the change in parking policies in London? (1) in 2001 in the first neighborhood planning exercise in DC (my...
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Ian Wingrove
ian.wingrove@...
Jul 11, 2007 7:46 pm
The local authority websites might carry the details. Richmond and Islington both held referendums on the issue - and won. Other councils have just got on with...
Sustainable Transport e-Update July 2007, No. 24 ... A quarterly on-line publication of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) support...
1. I thought this was pretty solid, and would invite comments particularly if you spot weak points. 2. Can you suggest anything that in a few pages does the...
Sustainable Transport e-Update July 2007, No. 24 ... A quarterly on-line publication of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) ... ...
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Ian Wingrove
ian.wingrove@...
Jul 13, 2007 8:00 pm
Bio-fuels are not one thing, but a range of different products. The criticisms of some of these crops are spot on and we shouldn't touch them. However there...
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clean.air
clean.air@...
Jul 14, 2007 9:13 am
Hi Eric, A disasterous downside not yet identified in moving to Biofuels, is the large increase in commodity prices occuring, for example corn, like any other...
This article points out the main downsides of agrofuels, as they should be called. and < the profound consequences of the industrial transformation of our ...
in a blog entry I wrote about this a couple years ago, I termed it "next generation asphalt nation." The search for some technological energy fix is designed...
(In the newspaper article at the end of this note, you have one typical media report on the Paris Vélib project which opened on Sunday, including the usual...
original in http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5197 Planet Gets a Lemon as Global Car Industry Revs Up Worldwatch Institute July 18, 2007 5:00am WASHINGTON, D.C....
The Path of Least Congestion By DAVID HASKELL - Op-Ed Contributor NYT July 18, 2007 CONGESTION pricing came to a halt after a head-on collision with Albany...
If one is going on a journey longer than half an hour within the relevant area and doesn't want to pay then one can sign off a bike at an intermediate point ...
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Roland Sapsford
roland@...
Jul 27, 2007 12:36 pm
This item from Rachel News may be of interest.... Cheers Roland From: Scientific American, Jul. 16, 2007 *LIVING NEAR HIGH TRAFFIC RAISES HEART RISKS* DALLAS...
This is a good one.I hope the same conclusion can be reached on regular travellers on congested cities in mega-cities. Regards, Joshua Odeleye Nigerian...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Aug 8, 2007 11:57 pm
Eric, As our on-the-street reporter, can you tell us the impact of stations on the walking environment? Are they on sidewalks ('pavements') or sitting in...
Fair questions. 1. Almost every station has been taken from street/car space. My own calculation suggests that on the order of 5-6000 parking spaces have been ...
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Ron Tan
combusto@...
Aug 10, 2007 4:06 pm
"To all members of CAI, mayor, governor and head of governments, Dear Sir, As you are fully aware of the recent reports release, by IPCC , Sir Nicholas Stern ...
Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 4 Issue 14 13 Aug 2007 SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features news,...
Our friends from Pune, and particularly the environmentalist/activist Manisha Gutman who came to Paris to have a look for herself, have come up with a pair of...
... One can obtain many different estimates of GHG production, by sector. This one is quite high for transport. What source did you use for the estimate that...
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Ron Tan
combusto@...
Aug 16, 2007 4:21 pm
Jack, 90% of movement of human and cargo are by seas. Figure from report from IEA and G8 summit. Anyway, it is not possible to have a figure right to the last...
Hi all ... What goes around, comes around ... Any more feedback from Paris? MY............... ... Hi all ... What goes around, comes around ... Any more...
Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 4 Issue 15 21 Aug 2007 SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features news,...
