R. Rich tipped me off to this excellent series on Walking in America; have read only part 1 so far but am impressed: http://tinyurl.com/7b2wvof Rick -- Richard...
Yet another good article on Generation Y's turn away from the automobile and towards cycling and transit: "Young adults opting for bikes, buses instead of...
How exercise can slow or reverse "normal" brain decline: http://tinyurl.com/7mrespv Walking, or any other aerobic exercise, such as cycling or running. ...
Taras Grescoe, a Toronto-born writer and Montreal resident, writes on public transportation (and some cycling and gridlock) in cities around the world: ...
I might point out the small but not entirely irrelevant detail that both the Finns and the Estonians would be taken rather by surprise at this news. (And not...
Well I think Richard's first email was rather in line with the news story -- or rather how this news has evolved in the media. Just like Tallinn is not the...
An unnamed private company is exploring the idea of operating passenger rail service in Oklahoma, between Tulsa and Olkahoma City. An OK senator supports it,...
The May issue of Sustainable City News is online now at http:// sustainablecitynews.com. among our features this month are; Trails to the Future: Making...
The May issue of Sustainable City News (formerly The New Colonist) is online now at: http://www.sustainablecitynews.com This month's offerings include: Trails...
Planet forward is gauging interest in the GRID project that I have mentioned on these lists before. We are hoping they will produce a story on it and bring it...
Excellent report from Jay Walljasper on how US cities can learn from the many years of Experience the Netherlands has accumulated in deprioritzing automobile...
From Manfred Neun, on why Western Australia should do more to facilitate urban cycling: "Bike infrastructure is cheaper than new roads, cheaper than new buses...
Reps Sanders & Ellison introduce bill to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies: http://tinyurl.com/6m5ekw3 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
Hyper-entrepreneur Mark Gorton on Cleveland and how it, and US cities in general, deaden their economies by planning for too many cars--and how wide streets...
... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
"The Slower We Drive, the More Richly We Live" on Sustainable City News: inspired by growing movement in UK to reduce speed limits on all residential roads to...
Hi All, A pre-publication release to this list: http://carfree.com/cft/i066.html If you spot any errors, please advise OFF LIST. Thanks! Joel ... J.H. Crawford...
Study finds that all subway networks have structural features in common http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18072627 I don't have time to compare the...
Hi All, Mark Gorton's Street Films has this new gem: Rethinking the Automobile Tours India http://vimeo.com/42222882 Please spread it around. Best, J. ... J.H....
New surveys overwhelming broad-based support for cycling, walking among the US public, from all age and income groups and party affiliations. Meanwhile,...
Hi All, I suppose most of you already know from Carfree Times that I've signed up for a share in the Piscataquis Village project in central Maine. If you...
Another good one from The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
Another good one form The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
Article in NYT comparing valuations of homes in car-oriented suburbs and walkable/bikeable urban neighborhoods served by transit. The latter prove more...
