Looks like there is book coming out soon
http://www.thefourwheeldetox.com/
written by Dave Gorman. Judging by his previous literary efforts it should be an
enjoyable read.
cheers
Spencer
--- In carfree_cities@yahoogroups.com, "J.H. Crawford" <mailbox@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> New blog:
>
> http://livingthecarfreelife.blogspot.com/
>
> life outside the box
>
> I choose not to own a car. Being carfree is a great way to save money, lose
weight, avoid stress, and be part of the solution, not the problem. (More at
www.giveupyourcar.com). This blog is about living carfree: getting about on
foot, by bike, bus, or train. It�s about places and and it's about spaces. You
can be a spectator, and watch the world from inside the box. Or you can get out
and join in. Anyone can make the choice.
>
>
> Best,
>
> J.
>
>
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> J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
> mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
>
Japan and India will collaborate in building 24 "Green cities" along
the Dehli-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
Quotes:
> The green cities will include optimised energy supplies, 24-hour
> drinking water supply, bicycle and walking tracks, and waste and
> water recycling systems
> "Basically, every place in this city will be in walking or cyclable
> distance, thereby cutting the need for pollution-spewing public
> transportation systems,"
Link:
http://tinyurl.com/27vl6gg
Rick
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this may be of interest to some:
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:40:39 +1100
>To: <j.scheurer@...>
>Subject: PhD scholarships available in transport and accessibility
> planning - Melbourne/Perth, Australia
>
>+++ Please feel free to disseminate this to anyone who might be interested +++
>
>Dear colleagues and friends
>
>We are seeking informal Expressions of Interest from suitable
>candidates for two ARC-funded full-time PhD scholarships (2011-2013)
>as part of a Discovery research project titled Spatial Network
>Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS): a planning
>support tool. One candidate will be based at RMIT University in
>Melbourne (City Campus) and focus on innovative public transport
>policy and network development domestically and internationally. The
>other candidate will be based at Curtin University in Perth (Bentley
>or Fremantle campus) and focus on the use of interactive modelling
>tools in a planning context. Candidates should hold qualifications at
>Honours or Masters level in planning, urban design, human geography or
>a related discipline, have some GIS skills, a passion for sustainable
>transport and be prepared to undertake regular fieldwork trips to
>cities in Australia and overseas.
>
>Please reply to Dr Jan Scheurer (jan.scheurer@...) on behalf
>of the project team (Prof Carey Curtis, Dr Paul Mees, Dr Jan Scheurer)
>
>Best regards
>
>
>---------------------------------------------
>Dr Jan Scheurer
>
>Senior Research Associate
>
>RMIT-AHURI Research Centre
>GPO Box 2476
>Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
>P +61 3 9925 9039, F +61 3 9925 9888
>jan.scheurer@...
>
>and
>
>Senior Lecturer
>Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP)
>GPO Box U1987
>Perth WA 6845, Australia
>P +61 8 9266 9030, F +61 8 9266 9031
>
>and
>
>Honorary Research Associate
>Australasian Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport
>(GAMUT), University of Melbourne
>Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), Murdoch University
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
Some of you may want to take the roughly 20 minutes
required to complete this survey.
J.
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:10:16 -0800 (PST)
>From: Debra Efroymson <anima1205@...>
>Subject: Fw: (From: Bert Fabian) Survey on Low Carbon Transport System by 2050
- ITPS
>To: Joel Crawford <mailbox@...>
>
>Hi Joel. It occurred to me you might want to share this with the listserv; the
survey is interesting but rather annoying, doesn't even mention walking,
sometimes does not differentiate between MT and NMT, and suggests that
technology can save us. But by filling it out, we can influence the results.
Anyway, I found it interesting...how people think we are going to save our
planet!
>Cheers,
>Anima
>
>----- Forwarded Message ----
>From: Transport CoP <admin@...>
>To: no-reply@...
>Sent: Fri, November 26, 2010 1:32:02 PM
>Subject: (From: Bert Fabian) Survey on Low Carbon Transport System by 2050 -
ITPS
>
>
>Survey on Low Carbon Transport System by 2050 - ITPS
>
>From: Bert Fabian
>Topic: Survey on Low Carbon Transport System by 2050 - ITPS
>Date: November 26, 2010
>
>Message:
>
>Dear all,
>
>Under the Institution for Transport Policy Study (ITPS)’s three-year project
of “A Study of Transport System in a Low Carbon Society”, ITPS and project
members have built backcasting scenarios of the world and five main regions of
North and Latin America, Europe, India, Southeast Asia and China.
>
>(For the overview of the project, visit
http://itps.sakura.ne.jp/stlsite/STL-TOP.html
>and for the scenarios, visit
http://www.itps.sakura.ne.jp/stlsite/doc/ecsession.zip )
>
>
>ITPS’ Global Scenario has grasped the rough image of the low carbon transport
system in the world in 2050 although there was a limit to take into account the
regional characteristics. Regional Scenarios have tried to capture the regional
uniqueness but it was recognized that in order to achieve a low carbon transport
system, each region needs to take intensive policies, some of which are globally
common policies while some are different from region to region.
>
>Towards the end of the project, it would be worthwhile to consolidate transport
experts’ views in terms of the image of the ideal transport system in a low
carbon society and to make a certain consensus what are required in order to
achieve such a transport system. For this purpose, ITPS is going to conduct a
“mini” research to see the ideal image of the transport system in 2050 and
the required policy packages.
>
>
>If you are interested in this survey, could you please spare about 20-25
minutes to answer the questionnaire? In order to join our survey, please visit
ITPS survey site:
>
>https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/itps_survey
>
>Once you finished answering, you can see the results of the survey including
the answers and comments from other people.
>Your participation is highly appreciated!
>Please contact me if you have any questions.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>Yuki Tanaka
>
>Japan International Transport Institute
>Institution for Transport Policy Studies
>y-tanaka@...
>
>
>
>To reply to this message click here
>
>
>
>To see the full thread, follow the link below
>http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/node/6652
>
>Attachment(s):
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
Hi All,
See this AM's Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/02/report-redesign-cities-populat\
ion-growth
The video is cheesy, but "so few cars in the city center any more."
a quote:
"If we go on with business as usual, what happens is unmanageable levels of
congestion because personal car ownership has proliferated," she said. "Cities
could be a pretty nasty place to live for the two-thirds of the global
population in the next 30 years if we don't act on things like climate change
mitigation and adaptation, smarter use of resources and sorting out big systemic
things like urban mobility."
It's mostly about cars, but:
City planning will also be important, she said, creating self-contained
neighbourhoods where everything is accessible by walking or cycling.
Best,
J.
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
The December issue of The New Colonist is available now, featuring
stories on:
*Pittsburgh's Public Market
*Mindful Consumption
*Backyard Chicken Farming in the City
*The Slow Living Movement
Find these articles, plus all our regular features and our vast
archives, at:
http://www.newcolonist.com/index.html
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
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Interesting figures from the statistical study of the Lyon bikeshare
GPS data. A quote:
> "What's interesting is that drivers do tend to underestimate how
> long it will take to get to a place by car, and overestimate how
> long it will take to get there by bicycle," says Elliot Fishman,
> director of the Institute for Sensible Transport in Melbourne.
>
> "There's a perception that the car is fast and convenient, whereas
> a bicycle is only used if you don't have the means to travel by car.
>
> "But what a lot of new cyclists say is how surprised they were at
> how quick it was to get to work."
>
> He says the study found that bicycles tend to take the same routes
> as pedestrians, rather than cars, making use of footpaths, going
> the wrong way up one way streets and using bus lanes.
>
> "Short cuts make a huge difference to the speed of bicycles What
> we've seen internationally is that where planners have tried to
> maximise the accessibility of bicycle routes, there are much higher
> level of bicycle use compared with cities where the routes for
> bicycles and cars is the same."
>
> Short cuts for bicycles might include paths through parks,
> pedestrian and bicycle bridges over waterways, and access for
> bicycles and walkers through dead end streets.
>
Link to full article:
http://tinyurl.com/26yweh3
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
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Hollywood Farmers Market: nutrition, community to be sacrificed for
more parking?
http://tinyurl.com/253m8tm
The market has been operating for 17 years in the current location,
and is a center of community in Hollywood, probably the only
inclusive public space in that part of Los Angeles. Furthermore,
profits from the market support seven other markets in poorer
communities. But it may be crushed or curtailed because a film school
and burger shop can't stand the thought of giving up free street
parking for half the day on e day a week.
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.comhttp://www.newcolonist.comhttp://www.rickrise.com
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Here are two recent articles in World Streets that may interest some of you
here at Sustran:
TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY IN HARD TIMES We have no money
gentlemen, so we shall have to think. - Ernest Rutherford, on taking over
the Caversham Laboratory in 1919
On 2 December the managing editor of World Streets, Eric Britton, was
invited by the organizers of the National Autumn Conference of ACT
TravelWise to present the keynote address, following an opening presentation
by Norman Baker, MP and Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Transport
of the just-elected UK coalition government. The theme of the conference was
The Right to Travel Getting more for less and Britton was asked to
bring in some international perspectives and possibly some less familiar
ideas for the largely British audience after the Ministers presentation . .
.
Click here for more:
http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/transport-environment-and-publi
c-policy-in-hard-times/
GRADING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: SCHOLARSHIP A. LEADERSHIPC- One of the often
voiced claims of World Streets is that those who best understand the issues
and priorities behind sustainable transport and sustainable cities are
failing to command the high ground in the debate and the politics of
decision simply because we are just not good enough at communicating our
ideas, first to each other and then to the world. All too often when
confronted with a decision issue, with our strong academic orientation and
backgrounds, we prefer to turn to the familiar world of more research,
fatter reports and that next great conference, while at the end of the day
what we really need is a concise, credible, understandable presentation of
our best ideas and the choices that need to be made . . Click here for
more:
http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/grading-sustainable-transport-s
cholarship-a-leadership-c/
Hi All,
Carfree Times #60 is now on line at:
http://www.carfree.com/cft/i060.html
If you spot any errors, please let me know OFF LIST
as soon as possible. I plan to mail the notices
later today.
Thanks!
Joel
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
Iran sharply reduces gasoline (and other fossil fuel) subsidies in an
effort to balance its own budget. Telling quote form this morning's
NYT article:
> The gasoline price increase was expected to be the most wrenching
> of the changes because of the countrys heavy reliance on private
> vehicles for commuting and commercial transportation. Irans long-
> distance bus and taxi drivers guild predicted that fares could
> increase by as much as 125 percent.
>
We won't take the hint, of course, but the article's still worth
reading:
http://tinyurl.com/29y3um4
Though maybe the US military's figured some of this out:
http://tinyurl.com/3a9x2fx
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
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This sounds like class politics at its worst. Anybody who isn't driving is
supposedly one of two things:
- Poor, unable to afford a car, and not paying their fair share, or
- Smug elitists who don't want cars or don't drive their cars enough, and thus
are not paying their fair share.
Of course, neither of these two "groups" understands the "reality" of "regular
Americans" who "have to" drive everywhere.
We're about to get bus and bike lanes on a major east-west street here, which
will reduce the driving lanes from six to four. Meanwhile, another major
east-west street is being narrowed from four to two lanes and getting very wide
sidewalks. Needless to say, there's public outrage over this, because it'll
supposedly only benefit college students and near-downtown residents, all of
whom are out of touch with reality.
--- In carfree_cities@yahoogroups.com, Richard Risemberg <rickrise@...> wrote:
>
> Interesting musings on why some drivers are becoming more rage-prone
> as others (and their children) lose enthusiasm for the car:
>
> http://bit.ly/fWEYnu
>
> Rick
On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:48 AM, mdh6214 wrote:
> This sounds like class politics at its worst. Anybody who isn't
> driving is supposedly one of two things:
>
> - Poor, unable to afford a car, and not paying their fair share, or
> - Smug elitists who don't want cars or don't drive their cars
> enough, and thus are not paying their fair share.
>
> Of course, neither of these two "groups" understands the "reality"
> of "regular Americans" who "have to" drive everywhere.
>
> We're about to get bus and bike lanes on a major east-west street
> here, which will reduce the driving lanes from six to four.
> Meanwhile, another major east-west street is being narrowed from
> four to two lanes and getting very wide sidewalks. Needless to say,
> there's public outrage over this, because it'll supposedly only
> benefit college students and near-downtown residents, all of whom
> are out of touch with reality.
And, of course, driving is so subsidized--that is to say, fees and
taxes applied to cars, fuel, and drivers themselves cover so little
of the cost of simply maintaining road infrastructure--that people
who drive less, or not at all, are overpaying in general taxes to
support the motoring hobbyists.
Todd Litman has covered this at length at http://www.vtpi.org , and
then there's this gem:
http://tinyurl.com/276ytfb
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
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There's a photo circulating on the Internet that demonstrates this sense of
entitlement. A student has tacked a flyer to an on-campus reserved parking sign
reading "If I'm paying $22,000 per year in tuition, why can't the University
provide adequate student parking?"
This shows the attitude many people have: as a customer, student, employee,
tenant, or visitor, they are "entitled" to free parking. The sense of
"entitlement" only gets worse when someone is spending 1/4 of their income on
car payments--"I'm paying $500 per month for this car; I can park wherever I
want for free."
IMHO, borrowing money for anything other than your home or education is dumb,
but I won't go off-topic here. :-)
> And, of course, driving is so subsidized--that is to say, fees and
> taxes applied to cars, fuel, and drivers themselves cover so little
> of the cost of simply maintaining road infrastructure--that people
> who drive less, or not at all, are overpaying in general taxes to
> support the motoring hobbyists.
This is a good short analysis of comparative value-capture ratios of
sprawling Wally Word development vs. dense downtown-style
neighborhoods. It lays out the numbers on just how much more fiscally
efficient mixed-use, TOD development is than the usual sprawl-and-
bigbox carcentric model:
http://bit.ly/1OE8Nn
Could be applied to carfree development as well.
Let the conservatives yack on about taxes all they want--the numbers
show that tax-haters should just love urbanist forms!
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
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Anyone interested in going? It's $300-400 to attend.
J.
>From: White.Roberta@...
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:11:39 -0500
>X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on EPAHUB12/USEPA/US(Release 8.5.1FP3
>HF136|June 14, 2010) at
> 12/21/2010 12:12:18 PM
>To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>
>
>
>The 10th annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy
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>
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>
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>
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>attend this event conference planners are organiziing networking forums
>that will focus timely issues such as: the unique challenges of smart
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>level; continuing the conversation on better connecting environmental
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>
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>
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>indicate that you are attending the New Partners Conference.
>
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>1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20460
>
>
>
>Visit www.newpartners.org to register NOW for the 10th Annual New
>Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina on
>February 3-5, 2011.
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
Hi All,
I have long said that China has, in the long run,
a choice between driving and eating. The article
below suggests that this may already be happening,
although it does not break out the amount of land
lost to urbanization (i.e., suburban sprawl). Most
of the physical expansion of cities in China occurs
in the fertile coastal plain, the source of most
of China's food.
There are many causes, including industrial farming.
The question is what China will do.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/23/china-ability-to-feed-populati\
on-warning
Best,
J.
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@... . http://www.carfree.com
LA Times article notes the irony of importing water to SoCal while
building vast storm drain systems to throw away good clean rain. A
quote:
> Los Angeles is poised to adopt an ordinance that takes a step in
> that direction. Most new and redeveloped commercial, industrial and
> larger apartment projects would have to be designed to capture the
> runoff generated by the first three-quarters of an inch of rain.
> New single-family homes would have to install a rain-harvesting
> device, such as a rain barrel or a hose that diverts water from
> gutters to landscaping.
>
> But the proposed rules would save only a fraction of the city's
> runoff. "If we're able to convince people to do it on their own,
> there's so much more" that can be captured, said Los Angeles Public
> Works Commissioner Paula Daniels. "The really important thing to do
> is unpave and change the texture of Los Angeles."
IOW, sprawl- and driving-generated paving is a huge part of the
drought problem here.
And a link:
http://tinyurl.com/2buh2vq
R
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Richard Risemberg
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the article is referring not to farmland
being converted to sprawling cities but to the farmers leaving their farms
behind in favor of the higher wages at factory jobs in the cities.
Jane
________________________________
From: J.H. Crawford <mailbox@...>
To: carfree_cities@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 11:41:58 PM
Subject: [carfree_cities] China and food
Hi All,
I have long said that China has, in the long run,
a choice between driving and eating. The article
below suggests that this may already be happening,
although it does not break out the amount of land
lost to urbanization (i.e., suburban sprawl). Most
of the physical expansion of cities in China occurs
in the fertile coastal plain, the source of most
of China's food.
There are many causes, including industrial farming.
The question is what China will do.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/23/china-ability-to-feed-populati\
on-warning
Best,
J.
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J.H. Crawford . Carfree Cities
mailbox@.... http://www.carfree.com
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