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...
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/interview-with-jay-witherspoon.php With a contributor at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Treehugger.com...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Surface Transportation Policy Partnership announces a new coalition to promote sustainable passenger and freight transport via rail. Details at: ...
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...
An article in the Boston Globe about researchers' studies that show negative effects of urban vs natural environments on cognitive functioning. The general...
Hi, Just wondering if anyone else has tried modelling towns and cities in 3d with Google Sketchup, a (fairly) easy to learn 3d modelling program you can...
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...
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...
... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Does anyone know of any national groups working to make sure that any bailouts or massive infrastructure work plans are NOT car-oriented? Elizabeth Trice ...
Dear Carfree Cities, Rick Risemberg wants you to read the article Extending the Red Line Will Be Good for Los Angeles at Los Angeles Business Journal Online ...
Hi All, I had the following note from a reader of Carfree Times ... That is not actually correct. A little industrial history here. In the early days, General...
