What do you think of Sustainable City News's new city page format? Please take a look and let us know! http://www.tinyurl.com/7ow4vny Thanks, Rick -- Richard...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 16, 2012 10:35 pm
"Ephemeral Interventions": superb article on CicLAvia from The Design Observer, on how it came about and its power to create permanent change: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 18, 2012 3:56 pm
R. Rich tipped me off to this excellent series on Walking in America; have read only part 1 so far but am impressed: http://tinyurl.com/7b2wvof Rick -- Richard...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 19, 2012 4:19 pm
Yet another good article on Generation Y's turn away from the automobile and towards cycling and transit: "Young adults opting for bikes, buses instead of...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 21, 2012 5:05 pm
How exercise can slow or reverse "normal" brain decline: http://tinyurl.com/7mrespv Walking, or any other aerobic exercise, such as cycling or running. ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Apr 22, 2012 9:08 pm
Taras Grescoe, a Toronto-born writer and Montreal resident, writes on public transportation (and some cycling and gridlock) in cities around the world: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 25, 2012 9:01 pm
Tallinn, capital of Finland to make public transit free: http://tinyurl.com/85wfh5k Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
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Christopher Miller
kiwehtin
Apr 25, 2012 9:04 pm
I might point out the small but not entirely irrelevant detail that both the Finns and the Estonians would be taken rather by surprise at this news. (And not...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 25, 2012 9:09 pm
Capital of ESTONIA to make public transit free: http://tinyurl.com/85wfh5k My mistake, sorry. Sloppy writing. Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Mari Jüssi
marijyssi
Apr 26, 2012 12:23 pm
Well I think Richard's first email was rather in line with the news story -- or rather how this news has evolved in the media. Just like Tallinn is not the...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 30, 2012 2:03 pm
An unnamed private company is exploring the idea of operating passenger rail service in Oklahoma, between Tulsa and Olkahoma City. An OK senator supports it,...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 1, 2012 12:45 am
The May issue of Sustainable City News is online now at http:// sustainablecitynews.com. among our features this month are; Trails to the Future: Making...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 1, 2012 12:48 am
The May issue of Sustainable City News (formerly The New Colonist) is online now at: http://www.sustainablecitynews.com This month's offerings include: Trails...
Planet forward is gauging interest in the GRID project that I have mentioned on these lists before. We are hoping they will produce a story on it and bring it...
Excellent report from Jay Walljasper on how US cities can learn from the many years of Experience the Netherlands has accumulated in deprioritzing automobile...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 9, 2012 8:13 pm
From Manfred Neun, on why Western Australia should do more to facilitate urban cycling: "Bike infrastructure is cheaper than new roads, cheaper than new buses...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 11, 2012 2:20 pm
Reps Sanders & Ellison introduce bill to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies: http://tinyurl.com/6m5ekw3 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 11, 2012 2:39 pm
Hyper-entrepreneur Mark Gorton on Cleveland and how it, and US cities in general, deaden their economies by planning for too many cars--and how wide streets...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 11, 2012 3:10 pm
... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 14, 2012 3:42 am
LA Times on "Atlantic on the move": can LA re-envision boulevards as civic spaces? http://tinyurl.com/6mm4h4r Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 15, 2012 2:22 pm
"The Slower We Drive, the More Richly We Live" on Sustainable City News: inspired by growing movement in UK to reduce speed limits on all residential roads to...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 15, 2012 2:31 pm
Hi All, A pre-publication release to this list: http://carfree.com/cft/i066.html If you spot any errors, please advise OFF LIST. Thanks! Joel ... J.H. Crawford...
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chbuckeye
May 16, 2012 10:10 pm
Study finds that all subway networks have structural features in common http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18072627 I don't have time to compare the...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 17, 2012 12:35 pm
Hi All, Mark Gorton's Street Films has this new gem: Rethinking the Automobile Tours India http://vimeo.com/42222882 Please spread it around. Best, J. ... J.H....
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 22, 2012 1:57 pm
New surveys overwhelming broad-based support for cycling, walking among the US public, from all age and income groups and party affiliations. Meanwhile,...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
May 24, 2012 5:39 pm
Hi All, I suppose most of you already know from Carfree Times that I've signed up for a share in the Piscataquis Village project in central Maine. If you...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 27, 2012 2:00 pm
Another good one from The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 27, 2012 2:10 pm
Another good one form The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
