Yeah, the photo appeared to indicate no bikes in that construction zone, which is understandable. There are very few places in China bikes aren't allowed--and...
A bit rambly, but good article from Culture Change, covering local sustainability initiatives on the ground in Seattle, plus the incpetion of the Sail...
I have started a project to convert personal cars into art. I'm encouraging people who are serious about their support for car free cities to start doing...
Dear friends! It's Dmitry from Carfree Russia! Im' activist and journalist. Now I'm working for russian national youth newspaper "AKZIA". Next issue about...
What would happen here, in a "carfree" London? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/world/europe/04cnd-london.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin "LONDON, Sept. 3 —...
... Same thing that happened in London after the subway bombing: bicycles. They never go on strike. Hell, there are even five or six brands of snow & ice...
Is this intended as an argument in favor of the urban automobile, as a counterweight to the power of organized labor? Doesn't work for me. Even if one accepts...
Dmitry-- Browse through the two publications I edit (listed below) and see whether anything interests you. Both I and Eric Miller (publisher of New Colonist)...
Dear all, Our politicians here in Melbourne are having conniptions over the simple concept of a proposed "Car Free Day". Melbourne's car-free day in doubt ...
Excellent, readable, and important article on why NYC is the greenest city in the US: http://tinyurl.com/29mkw7 (Note: this will open a PDF.) Rick -- Richard...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/05/3635/ Published on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by The Guardian/UK Ice-Free Arctic Could Be Here in 23 Years by...
"Access by proximity" is the key to eliminating car dependence. I just discovered an on-line tool that uses Google Earth's database of business and civic...
Gus> http://www.walkscore.com/ Try this one: 948 Alamo Rd, Los Alamos, NM and the site reports 0.86 miles to a grocery store, but there is a deep canyon in...
Well, not carfree yet, but at least Norway won't let advertisers refer to cars as "green." "'Cars cannot do anything good for the environment except less...
Regarding your question, "Do any learnered individuals on this list have advice about how to influence & win over pollies?"-- Yes, humiliate them in the media....
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/07/walkable.neighborhoods.ap/index.html No surprise here--and that article could apply nearly anywhere. Here in...
It just goes to underline that the problem is more systemic than cultural. It isn't a case of "people loving suburbia" or any such hogwash; suburbia is what is...
We are finally making some progress. See this article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/a-carfree-city-by-2030/2007/09/08/1188783555462.html contents...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22388430-5003417,00.html How rediculous!! By my calculations I'm $50/week ahead by using public transport...
... http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22388430-5003417,00.html ... public transport rather than drive my car. This article is sure to leave...
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Sylvia Furegatti
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Sep 10, 2007 6:55 pm
Hi, i have just added my name/adress to this group. I am a brasilian artist who works with public interventions and i have just been invited to implement an...
Although mass transit will almost always come out ahead of personal vehicle use in terms of cost, the State of Florida surely isn't doing its part. I am...
... They ... Truth IS often stranger than fiction, but not in this particular case. FSU has TWO bus-pass programs: 1) Free monthly passes to employees who...
... germany_traffic_odd_dc;_ylt=A ... Isn't ... work ... I understand the "shared space" concept works best at a certain traffic volume. If you have very high...
... Usually, the determining factor in these situations is the volume of *pedestrian* traffic. If there are enough peds, drivers (however many of *them* there...
I think we can all think of examples of situations where bureaucracy, stubbornness, or existing policy forces or encourages inefficiency... - Malls with too...
