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...
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Ron Wolf
ronetele
Jan 16, 2009 10:29 am
I was amazed that its possible to build homes that need no heating plant in a place as cold as Darmstadt. So I looked into a bit further. I found two things...
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Ron Wolf
ronetele
Jan 16, 2009 10:43 am
Fascinating backup to what I'm sure many of us feel. That Car Free is about much more than reducing CO2 or traffic deaths. Its about the very enjoyment of life...
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heller@...
wcn.heller
Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm
Hi Ron, Ron Wolf wrote: "(...) - Perhaps already well known by others here that, in addition to being known for fully passive housing, Darmstadt is also known...
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chbuckeye
Jan 16, 2009 9:02 pm
... One possible factor, particularly in the U.S., is that we have now had many decades of advertising to build expectations of the ideal life as suburban...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 17, 2009 3:32 pm
The Surface Transportation Policy Partnership announces a new coalition to promote sustainable passenger and freight transport via rail. Details at: ...
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Ron Wolf
ronetele
Jan 18, 2009 7:25 pm
chbukeye, Your reply to my question as to why passive solar seems to be gaining momentum more easily than Car Free was very well thought out and articulate. My...
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spenniec
Jan 19, 2009 1:00 am
Is it possible to spread the vision? In the same way that the ads are teling us we don't have enough, we aren't happy until we have ???, we are inferior etc (a...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 19, 2009 2:25 am
I've been looking for this online for quite a while, then found it by accident. It's a Disney cartoon from 1950 exploring the transformation of a normal...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 21, 2009 2:43 pm
http://tinyurl.com/98ee83 -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this...
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heller@...
wcn.heller
Jan 21, 2009 3:45 pm
THANKS Rick !! I believe this is one of a few crucial points in these times of world wide financial desaster and upcoming un-employments ... I quote from your...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 21, 2009 6:17 pm
Hi All, Is it possible that it's ONLY 19% more? Think of all the PERMANENT jobs created by operating the system. Does the number refer only to capital...
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Eric Snyder
egs
Jan 23, 2009 10:28 am
I've "clipped" this story on Clipmarks.com to give it a little more visibility. Â http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/58360569-79D4-4E6D-B823-FE6FAE5A5A63/ ...
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Robert J. Matter
rjmatter00
Jan 23, 2009 3:24 pm
Is the written word dead? I am so disappointed these days when presented with a link that I think may be interesting only to discover it leads to a video...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 25, 2009 3:42 pm
China, a huge country with a population four times that of the US, lays to rest the myth that trains aren't suitable for our "unique" US geography. While...
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Elizabeth Trice
etrice2
Jan 26, 2009 12:16 am
Hi, Can anyone send me examples or pictures of bike parking that's been built into an apartment building? I need to find a good way to store 25+ bikes for...
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eric britton
fekbritton
Jan 26, 2009 7:37 am
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001jvEa0Y0eCdEfgdQ83OCOu9xrEoz ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Jan 26, 2009 3:44 pm
Some interesting original pieces appeared on the Treehugger blog over the past week; I will post the links but won't reproduce the articles here for fear of...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Jan 26, 2009 5:38 pm
A p.s. to my previous email today: a search for "Masdar" on YouTube brings up a plethora of glitzy and breathless publicity videos that nonetheless reveal a...
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Christa Clark-Jones
carfreeworld...
Jan 26, 2009 7:46 pm
Hi there, I once lived in an apartment building with 16 official spots for bicycles on the first floor. While the parking was sufficient, I would actually ...
