SCN's publisher Eric Miller weighs in with a using on city life and what makes it different…see "There's More to City Living than Just Living in a City," on...
Frpm Tracy Davis, a must-read for those on this list: "The disturbing and sometimes tragic challenge of walking in America": ow.ly/2ulhKN Inlcluding mention of...
I may have mentioned this before, but I knew a professor in Portland who received a research fellowship and moved to Japan for two years with his family. When...
Dear fellow Carfree Cities enthusiasts, The BICY project, an EU-funded project to increase bicycling in Central Europe, has its final conference this week in...
From an article aimed at runners looking to lose weight: "In other words, a mile of driving and 100 calories produce comparable effects." Full text at: ...
The comments have of course been dominated by a few hardheaded loudmouths who immediately descend into ad hominems as soon as their unfounded assertions are...
A joyful musing on bikes in Southeast Asia, and what the Bicycle Millennium can bring to the rest of the world in these dreary times: http://t.co/yk2KU2z8 Rick...
Pretty close correlation between the rise and subsequent fall in use of leaded gasoline and violent crime rates. Multiple studies across regions etc. ...
Short, clear article on value capture, highways, and railroads…should be required reading for all government employees and officials and anyone involved in...
How DOTs retard social and economic progress through addiction to asphalt…and how to fix this: fb.me/2DRI6g9Uu Superb article with lots of good links. Rick ...
One interesting conclusion is that strong social networks improve the survivability of natural disasters. No surprise, of course, but interesting to see in...
Cars as a "drug which distorts reality": http://t.co/P0UbCRIu Quite a nice one to pass around…. Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
Great quote in this article on improving cycling, walking, and transit in SE Michigan: “Our communities are places for people and what we have done is build...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/china-claims-worlds-longest-high-speed-rail-line/ According to Amtrak's timetables, NYC to Miami is 1389 miles, so this is a...
The harm and costs cars impose is paid disproportionately by non-drivers, or even the Earth itself: http://t.co/FvrAOwFi Report confirms earlier studies large...
LA Times article about North Hollywood's Lankershim Boulevard and how transit development and pedestrian vitality have made the corridor bloom--and how...
Excellent article on KCET website about how the "Functional Classification Guidelines" fostered the building of single-purpose car sluices that nurtured sprawl...
How Copenhagen used incrementalism to transform the city, how beautifully it works today for all parties: superb video reposted by Flying Pigeon LA: ...
Los Angeles has approved its first area plan with NO parking requirements--neither minimums nor maximums--for new development in Chinatown. Notes high level of...
Chilling report on how no one really cares about hit & run victims in Los Angeles--least of all the LAPD: http://t.co/Dep0TfZA Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
Nice way to get rid of overhead catenary lines. Induction charging is a relatively safer way to charge a battery at a bus stop without requiring overhead...
what's wrong with the 350.org campaign: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/03-7 I haven't read this, but the three major conclusions sound right to me. ...
If this device is further developed, it might make a nice adjunct to the greening of the Metros as well as intercity and freight trains http://t.co/1cRyQ61j ...
