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...
Rick Risemberg saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** A little ray of hope, though the sidebar emphasizes...
More advocacy history... Today, September 13, 2007, is the 108th anniversary of the first death by automobile in North America. On the 100th anniversary...
more signs of progress: small-town newspapers urging observance of carfree day http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/09/13/opinions/a040913_02.txt Make Sept....
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...
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.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...
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 ...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 —...
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...
A bit rambly, but good article from Culture Change, covering local sustainability initiatives on the ground in Seattle, plus the incpetion of the Sail...
Hi All, This is a bit off topic, but we have discussed New Orleans at some length on this list, and I think it's worth a read. Sure does make me proud to be an...
On Friday afternoon, the 24th of this Month, the busiest part of the Montreal Metro was shut down through the entire downtown core area affecting six stations...
http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/what-are-cities.html Yes, of course, "it's more complicated than that" (everything is) but when we're up against...
Hi All, This week's New Yorker magazine included a glued-in 16-page green-washing advertisement from Chevrolet, the largest-selling car brand in the USA. There...
Rick Risemberg saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** Beijing tests banning half the cars from driving each day,...
I'm halfway through the book and am fascinated by it all. As a person who is doing more daily commutes to work by bicycle (only 6 miles away, but through a...
