Kind thanks to Dave Brooks for the heads-up. ____________________________ Interesting read about Hertz, Enterprise and U Haul. Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith:...
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gcpconsult@...
Apr 1, 2008 4:49 pm
We are poleased to hear about this about Zipcar.? The problem with your changes in locating garages to store your fleet in downtown L.A. is that they are...
Shared ambition Too many vehicles on the road isn't just an inner-city problem. Terry Slavin reports on the clubs that could help cut car use both in rural and...
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Ian Wingrove
ian.wingrove@...
Apr 2, 2008 5:28 pm
It is worth pointing out that the reason why London now has 75% of all car club members in the country is that we increased the Transport for London budget for...
Hi, This main-streaming of carshare is a good thing. Some thoughts, questions: * Will the buying power of these bigger players encourage the creation of...
Hi, I am Rutul Joshi. I teach in School of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. I am joining this group to update myself with ongoing thoughts and actions...
Guys - the big challenge is to reduce overheads so that the efficiencies gained through shared use of vehicles are not lost in the inefficiencies of...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Apr 4, 2008 5:27 pm
The article on UK municipalities embracing car clubs suggested that there is a minimum urban density and perhaps minimum level of local transit service that...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Apr 4, 2008 5:27 pm
... This is a worthy hope, but don't expect it in the short-run. Taxis were all purpose built until the 1970s (the Checker Car Company hung on til the early ...
What is the availability of garaging in the Northolt development in London where carsharing was provided as a condition of development ? If householders were...
I disagree with this view that we need to rebuild the physical infrastructure to stimulate car sharing. Its OK where it happens but it is a distraction to the...
... Residents will have one parking space per private house, private flats have an 85% parking ratio and affordable dwellings 0.6 spaces per dwelling. The...
Well in that case, maybe the people of Grand Union Village aren't participating in the carsharing scheme because they find 1 privately owned car per household ...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Apr 7, 2008 9:14 pm
... of housing has to be diverted to greenfield sites, with their high levels of traffic generation. The cost which householders have to pay to keep cars ...
Thanks to Aaron Naparstek and Streetsblog for the excellent coverage of these issues and the following item. You can check out both this and the very heated...
Thanks to Todd Edelman for this heads-up April 8, 2008 $8 Traffic Fee for Manhattan Gets Nowhere <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/nyregion/08congest.html?hp>...
Mayor <http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/04/08/2008-04-08_mayor_bloomberg_u nleashes_fury_as_sheldo.html> Bloomberg unleashes fury as Sheldon Silver ...
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Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Apr 8, 2008 7:34 pm
Well, Singapore is adding to its congestion Zone, reports Wei Shiuen Ng, my former research associate back in her home country. "Yes, more area to the ERP...
Yes, and they are also increasing the prices significantly sometime around next month or so, since their estimations of traffic flow weren't doing very well. ...
Thanks to Todd Edelman for the heads-up Taking Back the Streets <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/nyregion/thecity/06stre.html?ref=thecity> (Don't miss:...
Mention of horses in Jeff Byles' article prompts me to ask about their fuel efficiency as compared with cars. Assume the car runs on biofuel -- then how much...
Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 5 Issue 6 11 April 2008 SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features news, ...
Hi all, It seems like this has been said here but I am not sure... it is an alternative/simultaneous flow to bikes replacing cars directly: 1. Lots of PT use,...
The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) in Vienna is organizing a top-notch event this year in connection with sustainable public ...
If you look at the TfL.co.uk and www.sfmta.com websites, you'll see that those sites are not merely about running transit systems, they are about mobility more...
*SPUTNIC* (Strategies for Public Transport in Cities) is a project funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme. SPUTNIC is dedicated to...
On Behalf Of Carlosfelipe Pardo Sent: Saturday, 26 April 2008 12:34 Hi, There have been a lot of rumors regarding Bogotá's "fate" in terms of transport, and a...
Many of you will be aware of TravelSmart and the work of Werner Brog ... Most interesting is whether TravelSmart is sufficiently powerful to assist in reducing...
