I love in Portland Maine and would like to see a system of carfree or limited car areas throughout the city, perhaps even replacing a long street through the...
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Pascal van den Noort
phoenixamste...
Aug 3, 2009 12:50 pm
Times Square in New York is a great example :-) Have a look at our blog here or here:...
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Aaron Thomas
aaronkmthomas@...
Aug 3, 2009 1:52 pm
Good question Elizabeth. I am also interested in the technical solution to urban cycling mobility (i.e. one can cycle safely most anywhere one wishes.) I live...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 3, 2009 4:52 pm
For those interested in urban design tools, a review of CityCAD software at Planetizen: http://www.planetizen.com/node/39940 ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 3, 2009 4:52 pm
Via TreeHugger, an interview in The Independent with Fatih Birol of the International Engery Agency: ...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 4, 2009 8:50 am
<http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnbzjZQNHSI/AAAAAAAABUk/P0P9xz5t-_8/s 1600-h/ws-pic-glotz-richter.jpg> It is hard to sort out if electric cars are or...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 4, 2009 9:41 am
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnK4nUuKBvI/AAAAAAAABTM/NjwFdQCIJD4/s 1600-h/alvin-color.jpg> Today we want to tell you about a children's book on our...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 4, 2009 1:40 pm
Today's Tyee, a BC paper: http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/08/04/PortlandsBicycle/ Portland's Bicycle Brilliance And what Vancouver can learn to create a...
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Ian
ecomobilitian
Aug 4, 2009 1:48 pm
There is a big problem with the argument that segregation makes cycling safer... At some point a cyclist has to make a left turn. Here on the Netherlands, I...
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Aaron Thomas
aaronkmthomas@...
Aug 4, 2009 6:18 pm
That is a good point about left turns. I think one can still segregate even those, however, with staggered traffic signals, i.e. there is a period when only...
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Erik Sandblom
eriksandblom
Aug 4, 2009 6:18 pm
... Bicycle safety is a little trickier than it may seem. Most cyclist deaths involve a car. So it's safe to say that the #1 safety issue for pedestrians and...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 4, 2009 6:22 pm
Hi All, Of course, the carfree city provides essentially complete segregation. Joel ... J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 5, 2009 6:08 pm
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/bloomberg-calls-for-free-crosstown-buses/ ========================================================= August 3,...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 6, 2009 5:48 am
From World Streets today - http://WorldStreets.org/ Ten years after system change and free market democracy was introduced here in Poland, the ...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 6, 2009 8:37 pm
Paris, Thursday, August 06, 2009 From World Streets – http://WorldStreets.org/ <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnsZTSYwLkI/AAAAAAAABWE/ljAQcZMQU1o/s ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 7, 2009 12:11 am
I remember a discussion a few years ago about the feasibility of moving sidewalks for transporting the public in a city. (I was rather skeptical, myself...)...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 7, 2009 7:33 am
From today's World Streets at <http://www.worldstreets.org/> worldstreets.org <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnvJY4Vx9uI/AAAAAAAABWM/SkpUeRYlWIw/s ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 8, 2009 3:33 am
http://tinyurl.com/mdlnug -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 8, 2009 7:21 am
<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/Sn0bo70-YxI/AAAAAAAABWc/HF0SSDJwTJg/s 1600-h/ws-gridlock-small.jpg> Heavy traffic on the way to sustainable cities and...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 8, 2009 1:16 pm
Heavy traffic on the way to sustainable cities and sustainable lives . . . In Monday's World Streets - http://WorldStreets.org/ So you think you know how...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 8, 2009 3:31 pm
Heavy traffic on the way to sustainable cities and sustainable lives . . . <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/Sn2R2vKYXgI/AAAAAAAABWs/tovIIpyAFtw/s ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 10, 2009 2:53 am
Hi All, I'm joining this panel discussion on Wednesday: <http://redchannelsav.blogspot.com/2009/07/17-august-2009-greatest-threat-black.html>12 August 2009 -...
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Jason Meggs
jmeggs@...
Aug 10, 2009 8:14 am
Hello, Almost ten years ago the 100th anniversary of what's widely believed to be the first recorded death by automobile (in North America) was commemorated...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 11, 2009 6:19 am
Heavy traffic on the way to sustainable cities and sustainable lives . . . Paris, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Like it or not Wikipedia is ...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 11, 2009 10:15 am
Heavy traffic on the way to sustainable cities and sustainable lives . . . Paris, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1. Intro: The attached provides a lightening...
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Lloyd Wright
viva_cities
Aug 11, 2009 12:55 pm
http://www.re-burbia.com/finalists/ Reburbia: A Suburban Design Competition Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com have announced finalists of the first-ever...
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Aaron Thomas
aaronkmthomas@...
Aug 11, 2009 1:25 pm
I scanned these and cannot see any inclusion of car-free/few. That is amazing, I must say. It's like there is a form of refrigerator-blindess at work here....
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 11, 2009 7:13 pm
sorry, what is "refrigerator blindness"? Joel ... J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities mailbox@... ....
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 11, 2009 7:24 pm
Inability to see what in principle is right there before you. Medical journal paper on the affliction here (head in fridge, tongue in cheek): ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Aug 12, 2009 12:08 am
Via Planetizen, a Los Angeles Times columnist on the cultural barriers to improving public transit in the US: ...
