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Hi All, See the CNN video on small houses in Tokyo: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/japan.ultra.tiny.home/index.html?hpt=C1 J. ... J.H....
6 Nov 15, 2010
7:33 pm

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Apparent car-free community Bicycle City moves forward in South Carolina: http://tinyurl.com/266hc2w R -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
1 Nov 15, 2010
3:36 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Amsterdam;s java Island follows some of the principles of Crawford's car-fee cities: http://tinyurl.com/2cll4n2 Peripheral parking & lots of bikes--interesting...
2 Nov 15, 2010
1:10 pm

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Much of trade deficit derives from sprawl-driven foreign oil consumption: http://tinyurl.com/2fycjbh -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
1 Nov 11, 2010
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Richard Risemberg
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The Ecocity World Summit was a very impressive event in San Francisco two years ago; next in Montreal August 22-26. ... From: Ecocity World Summit 2011...
1 Nov 8, 2010
11:18 pm

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The New Colonist's November issue is online now, with articles including: *"Everything&#39;s Going to Be All Right," David Pertuz's article on Motor City's...
1 Nov 1, 2010
3:00 pm

Richard Risemberg
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... J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com...
1 Nov 1, 2010
2:31 pm

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Hi All, This may be of interest: Reduce global warming and win a free bike! The World Carfree Network is joining JSL Films in sponsoring the Paul Goodman...
1 Nov 1, 2010
2:23 am

J.H. Crawford
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SF Bike Coalition's excellent "Connecting the City" plan: http://www.sfbike.org/?ctc Implementation has barely started, yet from what I saw there last week,...
1 Oct 29, 2010
2:09 am

Richard Risemberg
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From Streetsblog: "Zero Parking Means More Affordable Housing for Fort Greene" ... http://tinyurl.com/25v4ahx RR -- Richard Risemberg ...
1 Oct 27, 2010
3:06 am

Richard Risemberg
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Lots to read in this short article: http://tinyurl.com/2oyz9t RR -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com ...
1 Oct 25, 2010
1:28 am

Richard Risemberg
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British merchants in Chingford are begging for free parking to help trade, while Groninge and other progressive cities find that emphasizing cycling results in...
1 Oct 25, 2010
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Richard Risemberg
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*One Day Training Course on “Transportation Demand Management” a Post-Event to the BAQ 2010, Singapore* Transportation Demand Management (TDM), also called...
1 Oct 21, 2010
1:17 pm

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Various cities around the world are trying methods to encourage bicycling as a sustainable transport mode. Among those methods in encouraging cycling...
1 Oct 21, 2010
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Quite coincidentally, following up on my earlier post today, ... J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities mailbox@......
1 Oct 20, 2010
6:51 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Banning Cars from Manhattan from 1961 http://www.paulgoodmanfilm.com/Banning%20Cars%20From%20Manhattan%20-%20Percival%20and%20Paul%20Goodman.pdf Now, Paul,...
1 Oct 20, 2010
5:22 pm

J.H. Crawford
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I wanted to pass along this OpEd recently published in the New York Times specifically, because it the author argues two points very effectively. First, when...
1 Oct 19, 2010
10:27 pm

Matt Thyer
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A broad definition of NMT would be any kind of a transport system that would not run on a motor. Some such examples are walking, cycling, rickshaws etc....
1 Oct 19, 2010
1:13 pm

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Bicycle Fixation's photo essay on CicLAvia, with 20 pix: http://tinyurl.com/2689lbg -- Richard Risemberg Bicycle Fixation http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
1 Oct 12, 2010
2:47 am

Richard Risemberg
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Even the LA Times published a highly positive report on CicLAvia, the Los Angeles version of Bogota's ciclvias, a street opening that, by banning cars from...
1 Oct 11, 2010
2:49 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Hi All, This 4 minute video gives convincing reasons for adopting a low-carbon economy: http://steveaustinlex.wordpress.com/ Best, Joel ... J.H. Crawford...
1 Oct 10, 2010
10:47 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Hi All, Today is the fourth anniversary of the car crash in which my parents were badly injured. My mother died 3 1/2 years later as a fairly direct result of...
2 Oct 10, 2010
9:20 pm

Chris Bradshaw
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Hoboken (NJ) to reward, aid residents who go car-free: http://tinyurl.com/286mz9g Wonderful city sales pitch for car-free living; rerad it through. They also...
1 Oct 8, 2010
2:54 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Spanish company is developing an overhead charging system for charging bus batteries at station stops. http://bit.ly/dnfG9P A good idea finally recognized!...
1 Oct 7, 2010
10:00 pm

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Thanks for sending thia along. Joel ... J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities mailbox@... ....
3 Oct 7, 2010
5:16 pm

Chris Bradshaw
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Actually positive article in the LA Times, believe it or not! http://lat.ms/95Mck6 R -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
1 Oct 7, 2010
4:24 am

Richard Risemberg
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Wired Mag. report on increase in US bike commuting--good numbers, great photo: http://tinyurl.com/3ankccy Note that the figures don't count people as bike...
2 Oct 6, 2010
4:12 pm

Jym Dyer
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http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-04-mad-men-actor-chooses-transit-over-d riving-in-autocentric-los-an/ Viva Changing the world...one street at a time. ...
1 Oct 6, 2010
1:08 pm

Lloyd Wright
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Good one to spread around, succint and vivid: http://tinyurl.com/2elvk4l RR -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com ...
1 Oct 5, 2010
10:26 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Now consider this art exhibit (it's better to visit the web site, for the images): J. Postcards from the future ...
1 Oct 5, 2010
1:59 pm

J.H. Crawford
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