Dear all, The SUTP project has released four modules of its sourcebook in HTML versions (online). These are module 1a ("The role of transport in urban ...
We also have to be extremely careful of "average" temperature rises. Most "cities" have elevated temperatures of 4-6C or more than the "natural" temperature ie...
The Childstreet2005 conference Wednesday August 24th - Friday August 26th, 2005, Delft, The Netherlands News 1st June 2005 Registration extended to the end of...
Kindly note: New Mobility friends: Remember the hedgehog and the fox? We try very hard to keep more general discussions about the matters that interest us all...
A new TRB report with relevance to the recent discussion. Available for download http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=5116 Driven to Spend: Pumping Dollars...
My initial reaction when reading the Samuelson article was that much of what he is saying was obvious and should be uncontroversial, and that his differences...
Driven to Extinction? How transport policy can save the world Sustrans Conference - Monday 12 September 2005, Churchill College Cambridge **Sustrans -...
I pass this on to you all not so much for the article itself but more for the wide range of reactios, most of which are negative. That being the main ...
A Livable Shade of Green Newly released data show that Portland, America's environmental laboratory, has achieved stunning reductions in carbon emissions. It...
What a pleasure it is to see this level of exposure of our fast maturing art-science. And that some of our colleagues who are leading ther field in their...
Dear all, I was just asked a question that I think is worth asking to more people before answering it. I have been in the (rather difficult) process of helping...
Charlie - This is not my field of expertise, but I can look at published graphs, and I can see that it is misleading to compare the temperature change in the...
Hi all Carlos is quite right to say that motorcycles are more dangerous than cars, and not only to their own users. An analysis I did for London, based on...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 6, 2005 6:42 am
Stephen and others: How can banning motorcycles be justified when the wealthy are allowed to have cars? The root of the overuse of motorcycles is the failure...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 6, 2005 6:42 am
Craig I spend a lot of time in Portland. I think that the "boom" you are referring to is an explosion of housing higher-income housing in the Pearl District...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 6, 2005 6:43 am
Yes, the Portland streetcar has been a success, but it is part of a much larger effort in the Portland region. If you put in a streetcar in Hamilton it might...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 6, 2005 6:43 am
Simon You might feel differently about the focus on technology if you lived in the United States. It is now over 1 hour in any direction from where I live to...
In any case, isn't it not the mean, but the median that really matters, since the distribution is highly skewed with much higher increases towards the poles,...
Hi all I am all for evidence-based restrictions on car use; for controls on the use and ownership of cars that impose more external costs than their function...
As I understand it, the issue was not about banning motorbikes while allowing motorists to keep going. It was whether to provide exemption for motorbikes in a...
Without further comment: Congestion Charging Increase Source: Transport for London, http://www.cclondon.com/charge-increase.shtml The Mayor of London Ken...
Dear all, Thank you for your suggestions (on and off list) to the question I asked. As it seems, there are many opinions regarding this. Nonetheless, one of...
Mr. Plowden's concern with the safety of TWMVs again raises the question, "What is the goal of the event?" Is safety the main concern being addressed via...
I don't quite understand the statement in Carlos Pardo's latest posting that "accessibility has not yet been solved to a point where anyone who normally uses a...
Two comments in answer to Gabriel Roth. 1. Yes, the UK rail system did develop in the private sector. That's one of the reasons why so much of it has been...
Note: This is a cautionary tale which is by no means a one time event. Thus, as we wish to innovate and introduce new ideas and practices, we must bear in mind...
