=v= Can you shed some light on this? The vandalism was in the news before, but I seem to recall a refutation that it was just J.C. Decaux exaggerating things...
Excellent article I just found, from Chapman Central in UK, neatly confounding almost all of the inane and duplicitous anti-cycling arguments you often hear...
From the Los angeles times: "Snubbed by Ford, start-up had a better idea for its stainless steel" Article: http://tinyurl.com/steelisreal The company, KVA...
There they go again, burying poor old Vélib. The New York Times is generally doing a yeoman's job of providing useful investigative coverage and commentary on...
Carfree cities featured in Guardian's bike blog: http://tr.im/DuBe Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com ...
Hi All, Sales of the new book have been slow. This may in part be because those who HAVE bought it have not reviewed it on Amazon. I'd be eternally obliged if...
Hi All, Today's NY Times has an op-ed by Bob Herbert: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/opinion/27herbert.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 It does not directly address the...
Hi All, I am becoming desperately concerned about our failure to affect the course of greenhouse gas emissions. Even a deal at Copenhagen is not likely to...
See this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/f-kaid-benfield/village-green-is-going-ca_b_333754.html "'There39;s a cultural change taking place,' said John Casesa, a...
Winning the World Climate Game: Brainwork challenge Let's assume that the world climate negotiations in general-- and all in the run-up to COP15 in December...
Resource: Planning for Sustainable Travel The UK Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) announce "a powerful new tool for planning practitioners, local...
... Article in LA Times on declining motorcycle sales: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-motorcycle- sales24-2009oct24,0,6697533,full.story Now , you can...
24 October 2009, International Day of Climate Action - World Streets on-line support of www.350.org through 2010 Tomorrow, October 24th, our friends over at...
Found a good short article this morning from the blog "Travelin39; Local," about bikes, transit, and funding in Los Angeles. Almost all the observations apply to...
hey all -- just wanted to say hi from toronto island -- north america's largest car free neighbourhood -- having bicycled through at least seven toronto...
Hey! I'm working with documentation for Malmö here in Sweden that is to re-establish that wonder of transport, rail-based electric transport. What to call it...
Sustainable transport on the way to COP15? "We are a generation of great talkers." As we gear up for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in ...
[World Streets] Short Take: Stealing from pedestrians "One of my great interests is time reallocation in an urban system. All I mean by this is that when I...
Interesting article on why Facebook does not really serve the functions of "third places." http://citiwire.net/post/1360/ Where Everybody Knows Your Name Mary...
Banks in Salt Lake city (and elsewhere) are refusing to finance mixed- use TOD projects that don't include massive parking allocations. What's particularly...
This article about a hit-and-run in Oakland left me flabbergasted.... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/16/ BA7S1A6NKD.DTL Rick -- ...
This story was sent to you by: Rick Risemberg About time this hit the mainstream! ... Santa Monica to experiment with parking psychology ... Consultants find...
[World Streets] Car Free Days 2. Thursday - A breakthrough strategy for reducing car dependence in cities This is the full unedited text of the presentation of...
About Gauteng Car Free Day What is Car Free Day? In Gauteng Car Free Day takes place on the 20th October 2008 and is one of the flagship activities of the...