Hi Joel, I don`t know, if those rich TignePoint people "hate cars". They are still addicted: did you see that they hide all the cars in underground garages ? ...
Hi, Obvious cynical remark: It's a huge outdoor shopping mall with housing. Second one: Concrete industry loves carfree More technical comment: That's a lot of...
"Cars and bullet trains may speed up our transit time, but they do nothing to enrich the quality or depth of our interactions. On the contrary, because we...
The entry period for the Bicycle Fixation Great Bike Rack Hunt contest is closed, and we have posted the photos. We will be forwarding them to our panel of...
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Hi, all: To add to what Todd and Markus said, underground parking garages dramatically the raise the cost of housing above it, sometimes even doubling it in...
Has anyone read this book? Interesting blog article and interview at: http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/how-to-build-a-village-by-claude-lewenz ...
I just got off the phone with Claude Lewenz, who is the author of the book in question. I suggest everyone on this list ought to have a look at the site that...
This is a good book alright, but nothing new of course. I see it as a variation on the same theme that has been discussed for years; compact and sustainable...
Hi All, Carfree Times #48 is now on line at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i048.html I will wait until Monday morning (Eastern Time, USA) to send out the notices...
Hi Markus, ... I didn't figure out how many cars are accommodated, but I imagine it's quite a few, and it will be expensive. ... Yes, but the local quality of...
... cities ... circumstances ... Ah, but converting existing wasteful planning to compact communities is the existing challenge, unless we abandon those cities...
... ================================================== Hi Joel, I haven't been able to swing things to be able to contribute much over the past few months, but...
Apologies to Joel and all for mistakenly posting my Carfree Times comments to the list rather than directly to Joel! Chris Miller ... [Non-text portions of...
Hi Chris, It's a good thing you did send it to the list; I managed somehow to delete your mail but retrieved it from the list! Anyway, things fixed. Thanks! ...
=v= This is precisely the problem in San Francisco, as well. San Francisco nominally has a Transit-First Policy, which was at first nonbinding and existed...
... Joel -- something I just noticed in the (wonderful as usual) photos is that there is not a green thing growing between the pavers in any of those squares....
Hi All, By coincidence, my father grew up in Niskayuna and attended Van Antwerp School. I don't think there even WAS bus service to the school in his day. Do...
This may be of interest and relevance to the list: http://anz.theoildrum.com/node/3228 This piece considers that industrialisation could only happen with cheap...
I see this all the time here in Kent, Washington. As a member of the Bicycle Advisory Board, I recently invited a police liaison to our monthly meeting and we...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7098902.stm> EXPERTS WARN OF 'ABRUPT' WARNING A UN panel has agreed a landmark report on climate change, and says...
Hi All, I'm in the middle of a move and won't be able to do much on line until the middle of next week, when my new connection should be installed. In the mean...
A practical illustration of what we all understand: http://www.hubsess.com/uploaded_images/26080732636761.jpg Nice bit of late-medieval urban fabric, too. -D...
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Rick Risemberg saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** DIY patrols to curb SA road deaths ** Parents in the South African city...
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In Search of a Great Street Barcelona's Ramblas Provides Hints for Downtown's Broadway Every time I go on a trip, as I did last month to Barcelona, I am...
