... The Daily Show's Jon Stewart commented that it was strange that Congress could find $700 billion for people who provided car loans, but couldn't find $35...
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she4bikes
Dec 21, 2008 6:11 pm
Love this one, Kyle. Our county (San Luis Obispo, California) will soon cut our only county wide transit service (RTA) to fewer hours. Hopefully they won't...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Dec 23, 2008 8:04 pm
This bog may be interesting to folks on this list: http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2008/122108.html Life Without Cars December 21, 2008 Life used to...
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manfredstrobl
Dec 24, 2008 8:05 pm
you are right. a car-free lifestyle is better and healthier. selling my car has improved my quality of life. i cannot imagine owning a car any more. too...
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Mike Coy
mac12_cwru
Dec 24, 2008 11:41 pm
... I think your message was a little harsh. I agree that Europe is more supportive of a car-free lifestyle, but even in the USA, one can live car-free safely...
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manfredstrobl
Dec 25, 2008 1:22 am
harsh??? how can a message be harsh? the climate can be harsh for biking. if you tell me this is harsh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Dec 26, 2008 12:47 am
But at least it shows they're starting to get it: http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4836 The comments on the history of European city design, while not ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Dec 26, 2008 2:55 pm
Rail Takes Back Seat as States Target Obama Stimulus for Roads http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=aV2SxqQRuOFw -- Richard...
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rickrise@...
rickrise
Dec 28, 2008 3:20 pm
This page was sent to you by: rickrise@.... Closer, closer...and Friedman's a conservative economist. OPINION | December 28, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist:...
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bethechange1954
Dec 28, 2008 5:22 pm
Hey, I wanted to see if I could get your quick help. I'm not sure if you've heard, but there's a movement of citizens inspired by the presidential campaign who...
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Ron Wolf
ronetele
Dec 28, 2008 8:06 pm
I'm concerned, and even offended, regarding the tone of some recent posts. Manfred, you seem really POed. Why? You say that you live in a great place for...
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Elizabeth Trice
etrice2
Dec 29, 2008 3:57 am
Thanks for posting. Here's the right link: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/federal_incentives_for_car_free_cities Right now "Federal Incentives for Car-free...
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Matthew Thyer
eyeballgrand
Dec 29, 2008 4:07 pm
Ron, I just caught up on some reading and went through the "Manfred" posts. I'd suggest, not that I'm defending anyone here, that there is a certain level of...
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Matt Thyer
eyeballgrand
Dec 29, 2008 8:27 pm
Thought you all might find this interesting. http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2008/12/forecast-f or-2009.html ...
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manfredstrobl
Dec 30, 2008 4:46 am
what kind of drugs are you on?...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Dec 30, 2008 11:01 am
It took a decade for me to get to the point where I felt able to divorce my car having driven cars since I was 17 in 1959. ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Dec 30, 2008 3:34 pm
... Good points about civic layout, but we can't really wait for the powers-that-be to change the world for us. We have to change our way of living first, and...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Dec 31, 2008 9:16 pm
A New York Times article on "Passive houses" whose heating is based on energy efficiency rather than extensive energy use for heating. ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Dec 31, 2008 9:30 pm
A series of posts on the CoolTowns blog this week point to some very interesting work on how a set or proscriptive (as opposed to prescriptive) rules from...
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kitka97205
Jan 4, 2009 9:03 pm
Cars no longer coveted by young New generation of consumers views autos as exhorbitant waste, not status symbol By YURI KAGEYAMA The Associated Press To get...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 8, 2009 2:36 am
... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Carlosfelipe Pardo
pardinus
Jan 8, 2009 8:16 am
An interesting carfree attitude in the news below, especially the following: "With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Jan 8, 2009 8:34 pm
An article in the Boston Globe about researchers' studies that show negative effects of urban vs natural environments on cognitive functioning. The general...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Jan 8, 2009 10:28 pm
For those interested in getting hold of the original study referred to in my earlier email: the author, Marc Berman of the University of Michigan, can be...
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rickrise@...
rickrise
Jan 14, 2009 2:05 pm
This page was sent to you by: rickrise@.... SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENT | January 13, 2009 A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back By CORNELIA...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Jan 14, 2009 4:32 pm
Frm the New York Times on line: ...
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spenniec
Jan 15, 2009 3:09 pm
Hi Chris I have just started using Sketchup and am a big fan of the software and Joel's vision of a car free city. My view is that means NO cars. Pleople walk,...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 15, 2009 3:47 pm
... I've been thinking about this project for more than ten years. Part of the work was done recently by Procedural, a Swiss outfit that released software to...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 15, 2009 4:09 pm
Hi again, Add to links on this: http://www.gamesitb.com/SurveyProcedural.pdf Best, Joel ... J.H. Crawford Carfree...
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spenniec
Jan 16, 2009 3:16 am
Very intersting! The ability to use procedural methods to generate streets and buildings would certainly save a lot of time. I'll download the software this...
