WASHINGTON — The continental United States experienced the warmest spring on record this year, with temperatures far above the average over the past century,...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jun 13, 2012 2:30 am
Yet another article on the drop in driving by Americans (and Brits), with the added observation that policymakers are "oblivious" to these fundamental changes...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jun 18, 2012 2:55 am
UK researchers calculated the effect of obesity on the earth, concluding that if all the world's present population were as fat as Americans, it would add up...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jun 20, 2012 12:18 pm
Hi All, Piscataquis Village has its own web site: http://www.piscataquisvillage.org/ It's looking good. Best, J. ... J.H. Crawford mailbox@... ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jun 23, 2012 1:07 am
Hope no one minds too much, but I am throwing you a plug for one of our cycling products, sales of which are what keep Bicycle Fixation writing articles and...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 1, 2012 4:16 am
The July issue of Sustainable City News is online now, covering: Minneapolis and the Road to Bikesharing http://sustainablecitynews.com/TCniceride.html We...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 1, 2012 2:53 pm
The Guardian on research showing that hydrogen fuel cells may be far more suitable to boats and trains than to road vehicles: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 15, 2012 3:11 pm
A walk on Sunset Bl, from beach to Boyle Heights, shows LA's evolution to a truly urban town, with denser neighborhoods, transit, cycling, and walking on the...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 23, 2012 5:06 pm
While nervous grownups, fed horror stories by the nightly news, forbid their ever-fatter their kids to walk or bike to school or a park, 80% of kids killed by...
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Jon Koller
jonkoller7
Jul 24, 2012 12:44 pm
So I was speaking to a tough crowd (Ford's global head of marketing was in the house) but I think I laid out a pretty good case for carfree discounts. I'm...
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hkcarley
Jul 24, 2012 5:40 pm
I haven't seen the video (due to personal technical difficulties), but the title is relevant: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 26, 2012 2:11 pm
Interesting plan afoot to redo a Vancouver mall as a mixed-use community with bikeways, library, parks, retail, offices, et al. Tehre is rail access--which the...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 28, 2012 2:14 pm
This superb article details how in Minneapolis "seas of parking lots" blight downtown and stunt the stunt city's growth & street life while impeding...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 31, 2012 1:49 am
Kendall Square in Cambridge MA has seen a 40% increase in commercial space--and a 14% drop in motor traffic. The city requires developers and employers to...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 1, 2012 5:10 am
The August issue of Sustainable City News is online now at: http://www.sustainablecitynews.com This month we cover: Following in My Father's Tracks ...
Good article form Governing Magazine: http://t.co/iCNs3U0P It's about how "strict liability" laws such as used in the Netherlands make roads safer for all. ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 15, 2012 4:01 pm
From World City Bike Forum: http://tinyurl.com/9u6msgq A grassroots bikeshare system operated by the businesses it benefits! No subsidies, no ads! Rick -- ...
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hkcarley
Aug 16, 2012 8:59 pm
This is a true cost of the car calculator. I hope it becomes an issue in fixing the American budget problems. http://commutesolutions.org/external/calc.html A...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 20, 2012 1:21 pm
Hi All, We've been headed for this for months. Now it's finally arrived: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/arctic.sea.ice.interactive.html Today's...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 27, 2012 11:47 pm
Advanced sail technology can cut cargo ship fuel consumption drastically: http://t.co/VDrLcEd1 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
It'll never work. If it worked, ships would have been propelled by sails for centuries. http://www.jhcrawford.com/sail/monsoon2_640.jpg ;-) ... J.H. Crawford ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 30, 2012 4:14 am
Alarming, succinct, and doesn't evade the irony of exploiting the ice melt to grab yet more oil to make global warming even worse. ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 31, 2012 11:21 pm
Starting today, we are changing Sustainable City News from a monthly to an ad-hoc publication schedule. We'll be posting articles as they come in, and...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 3, 2012 4:05 pm
Yet another article citing numerous cases where removing motor vehicle capacity actually reduced congestion--includes freeway removals. This is the flip side...
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Jym Dyer
jymdyer
Sep 3, 2012 5:53 pm
http://www.onestreet.org/resources-for-increasing-bicycling/115-traffic-evaporation =v= Thanks, I try to explain traffic evaporation (and Braess's Paradox) to...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Sep 4, 2012 10:10 pm
Hi All, Carfree Times #67 is up but not yet officially published: http://carfree.com/cft/i067.html If you spot errors, please let me know OFF LIST. I plan to...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 5, 2012 1:53 am
Two great quotes from the article: “There’s a recognition finally that growth at all costs is not sustainable” and "What do we need gross domestic...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 5, 2012 2:42 am
Saudi Arabia on track to become oil importer by 2030: http://t.co/naksVxiO Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
