Familiy (of origin and of identity): out of desire to avoid the computer but still communicate a little and imperfectly, I'm combining some emails: Small...
Pretty cool story at http://www.progressivewaynecounty.org/blog/mark_stosberg/2006/09/why_i_trade d_in_my_car_for_a_bike Full text below: Why I traded in my...
Parisian neighbours meet online Cities may cram people together like sardines in a supermarket, but many of those living an urban life can end up feeling more...
Todd Edelman
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Jan 6, 2007 1:22 pm
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Vietnam prepares for boom times Vietnam is expected to become a member of the World Trade Organisation next week. The deal will help a country once regarded as...
Todd Edelman
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Jan 7, 2007 2:14 am
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The article is misleading; the reason people can't afford cars is that the tax is so high. If WTO forces the govt to lower the tax, it would be a disaster. ...
According to Vauban resident Andreas Delleske (one of the initiators of the project), in the end of 2006 ~1,700 households live in the whole Vauban area. ...
DONT "JAYWALK" IN THE USA! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6251431.stm ... Todd Edelman Director Green Idea Factory Korunní 72 CZ-10100 Praha 10 ...
Todd Edelman
edelman@...
Jan 11, 2007 8:28 pm
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Hi, Recently I think the following was posted on the Carfree Network list: Urban growth and cars: Chicken-and-egg issue By Elisabeth Rosenthal Full story: ...
Todd Edelman
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Jan 12, 2007 5:13 pm
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... Well, that's certainly an embarrassing story from the land of the free. However, lest our members around the world conclude that America's anti-pedestrian...
SEE an interview with this pedestrian terrorist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENCa43r9jmY - T ... Todd Edelman Director Green Idea Factory Korunní 72 ...
Todd Edelman
edelman@...
Jan 12, 2007 6:09 pm
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"The Asian automakers have cornered the market on vanilla," says Global Insight automotive analyst Rebecca Lindland. "Now they're adding the hot fudge...
Todd Edelman
edelman@...
Jan 12, 2007 6:37 pm
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Here's the approach I'm looking into: Land needs to be held in trust, by an organization with an earth care ethic--and removed from the endless growth...
... =v= Rare for most white people in most of the country, with two broad exceptions. =1= Jaywalking is one of several things used as a "pretext stop" (as it...
Well, this is all probably too far off-topic to keep alive for long, but... ... From the originally-cited article: "The bespectacled professor says he didn't...
Yeah -- I can comiserate; this little pedestrian that could was once followed for block upon block by a helicopter, while walking in Granada Hills (wealthy...
Jason Meggs
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Jan 13, 2007 6:23 am
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Here in Edmond, Oklahoma, city ordinances prohibit crossing between signalized intersections (as described in Todd Edelman's posting below) in general, but ...
... =v= I know a thing or two about law enforcement training and about legal challenges to police abuses. The training includes methodical handling of...
... We US'ers (at least the 'white' ones, as Jym notes) have been carefully trained, especially over the last thirty-odd years, to Be Very Afraid of The...
Hi All, There's a new Joel on the list, as of now. He's posted something that's so off topic but so good and relevant that I let it go. Please don't let that...
Here in Singapore, it is an offence to jaywalk within 50m of a signalised, subway or overhead bridge crossing, the penalty being a small fine. Otherwise...
Actually, this topic is not tangential to discussions of car-free living. When I was car-free in Portland, one of the most common questions people asked was,...
... Nothing, in fact, is more effective. ... No, not always, even in the USA. Today, however, the super-rich know that they have their obscene wealth mostly by...
... and I'll paste the quote from that page right here because it's so germane: The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself Here's a couple of quotes from...
... And my piece on ³burb cowards² http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2005/12/27/75328/953 I think that anyone who is so frightened of their fellow humans...
Simon Baddeley
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Jan 15, 2007 5:05 pm
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Good on you Karen. But if you are spending a large part of your earnings to send children to private school and to enjoy access to private space (tennis clubs...
Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Jan 15, 2007 5:27 pm
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It gets worse, recently four children died in a fire here in Bangladesh, after their parents/uncle locked them in to go to the doctor. If they had trusted ...
And the belief that the economy must always continue growing. If the post-WWII housing crisis had been addressed through building of apartments, people would ...
Hi, I just found this (see link below) and thought it was an interesting way to get a message through (and cheap!)… of course, there are legal issues ...
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