Two blocks away from my house, there is a 5500 sf building on a 25,500 sf lot--a FAR of 0.22. Formerly a Chinese restaurant, the building spent about two years...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 29, 2007 2:14 pm
Here it comes, just as we feared it would: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/business/29coal.html? hp=&pagewanted=all This is like curing cocaine addiction by...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 29, 2007 1:22 pm
Hi All, I get Jan Lundberg's Culture Change Newsletter quite regularly but don't often post them here. Today's is more strategic than usual and maybe worth a...
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Jym Dyer
jymdyer
May 24, 2007 4:14 pm
http://www.commondreams.org/ ... =v= CommonDreams is a fine resource with a decent readership. (I've been reading it for years, and I like to think I'm ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 24, 2007 1:51 pm
Hi All, Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/ publishes articles from newspapers around the world, most of them leading thinkers on the left, like George...
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Lloyd Wright
lfwright_itdp
May 23, 2007 2:19 pm
Interesting proposal from Norway... http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjQ0NDM Norway sets ambitious 'carbon neutral'...
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lela@...
May 21, 2007 2:27 am
...Interesting, but we're still not at carfree, just knocking on the door... And we will not be at carfree in North America, until something catastrophic takes...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 18, 2007 12:57 am
Interesting, but we're still not at carfree, just knocking on the door. http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/05/15/designing-cities-for-people/ Designing Cities...
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Doug Salzmann
dasalzmann
May 16, 2007 8:54 pm
Notwithstanding the wisdom of the "experts," Americans *can* make longer-term decisions that will change their driving habits and fuel-buying patterns. Are...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 11, 2007 8:20 pm
Hi All, Carfree Times #46 is now on line but not quite in final form (one link is missing). I plan to publish it on Monday, so if you see any bloopers, please...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 8, 2007 6:36 pm
From the Foster & Partners web site http://www.fosterandpartners.com/News/291/Default.aspx You have to the last paragraph to see that it's carfree. 08/05/2007 ...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
May 5, 2007 10:46 am
This new urbanism bibliography looks exciting to me: http://www.periferia.org/publications/cnubibliography.html Simon Simon Baddeley 208 Democracy Street Ano...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
May 5, 2007 10:35 am
This project to build a Greek village as a campus site sounds promising as a design blue-print for a car free or at least walker friendly urban settlement: ...
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primemgmt
May 4, 2007 6:25 pm
"I see almost no one addressing the elephant in the garage, namely, America's overwhelming dependence on the automobile" I agree with your point, the cure to...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 4, 2007 12:57 pm
Hi All, ... I should perhaps already have mentioned that Carfree Design Manual nearly carried the sub-title: The New Medievalism. I'm not going to use that, as...
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dawie_coetzee
May 4, 2007 12:54 pm
The effect of scale on all the better alternative fuel solutions is not generally appreciated. The greater the overall reduction in vehicle use, the more...
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dawie_coetzee
May 4, 2007 12:54 pm
At the risk of stating the obvious, two observations: 1. With reference to the bottom aerial perspective on the development's website, that's a lot of roadway,...
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Karen Sandness
kitka97205
May 3, 2007 4:01 pm
Climate change is a fashionable topic here in the States, as well, but I see almost no one addressing the elephant in the garage, namely, America's...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 3, 2007 11:44 am
See: http://www.asla.org/land/dirt/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=4305FF61-1422-1874-817C3BBF0C655C14 But Where Will the Baron Live? Florida Development to...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 3, 2007 11:42 am
Three news articles today in the mainstream press: 1. http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/832943.html Making strides for HRM Danish urban-planning expert touts...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 2, 2007 11:37 am
George Monbiot, author of _Heat_, said this yesterday in the Guardian: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/896/ Published on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 by...
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Todd Edelman, Green I...
uciteledelman
Apr 30, 2007 2:30 pm
Last week Centre for an Urban Future in NYC released a report entitled "Staten Island 2020", <http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/StatenIsland2020.pdf>,...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Apr 30, 2007 1:11 am
Subject: [carfree_network] Istanbul conference update and welcome Hello everyone, On behalf of World Carfree Network and our hosts, we are happy to invite you...
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Ian Fiddies
ianfiddies@...
Apr 22, 2007 11:17 am
I'm not sure if I agree totally. The demand for cycle lanes is a bit vague. You haven't defined what you mean by "cycle lane" but I assume Lela means a painted...
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Todd Edelman, Green I...
uciteledelman
Apr 21, 2007 2:52 pm
Our Cities, Ourselves - Can urban design keep you from getting fat? By Carol Lloyd, Special to SF Gate <mailto:surreal@...> Friday, April 20, 2007 ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Apr 17, 2007 11:47 am
Hi All, Though this might be of interest to some. It was widely syndicated. Joel http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/16/559/ Pedal Pushers Making...
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rickrise@...
rickrise
Apr 14, 2007 2:29 pm
(rickrise@...) saw this on newyorker.com and thought you’d like to see it. Long article but a must-read! (And a must-pass-on....) Click here:...
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Todd Edelman, Green I...
traintowards...
Apr 12, 2007 4:15 pm
Second Life ploy for Paris garden A Paris residents' association is using the virtual world of Second Life to get the town hall to press on with plans to...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Apr 8, 2007 9:06 pm
... (...) That should of course be United Nations Environment Program... Christopher Miller Montreal QC Canada...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Apr 8, 2007 9:03 pm
The Inited Nations Environment Program has a site in Norway with numerous downloadable documents and graphics: http://www.grida.no/ The graphics and maps site...
