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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. ...
1 Dec 4, 2012
3:11 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Worth a quick look: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/12/10-techniques-making-cities-more-walkable/4047/ Best, J. ... J.H. Crawford ...
1 Dec 3, 2012
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J.H. Crawford
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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 ...
1 Dec 1, 2012
5:23 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Forgive the commercial plug, but we make our living through our clothing line and other urban transportation oriented items that we design, make, and sell, as...
1 Nov 30, 2012
7:09 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Just in time to miss Carfree Times: ...
1 Nov 30, 2012
2:10 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Though many residents say that Dallas is "Just a driving city," a new downtown park, built over an expressway and easily accessible by foot, is proving so...
1 Nov 29, 2012
2:20 am

Richard Risemberg
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Hi All, I'm going to publish Carfree Times tomorrow: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i068.html If you see any errors, please advise OFF LIST. Thanks, J. ... J.H....
1 Nov 28, 2012
4:21 pm

J.H. Crawford
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road space and carbon emissions: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7228/7399658942_267b1ba9fc_b.jpg neat poster! ... J.H. Crawford mailbox@... ...
1 Nov 27, 2012
2:40 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Chris Hedges just published a stunning summary of the World Bank's report on Global Warming: http://t.co/SgYo50nQ Corporate Neros fiddle while the Earth...
1 Nov 26, 2012
5:58 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Hello, In a previous World Carfree Bulletin news bulletin, I ran an item that Cardiff, Wales, UK was hoping to create a carfree suburb. They were supposed to...
1 Nov 24, 2012
3:38 pm

Justin Hyatt
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An upcoming book on transforming urban transport by a team of Australasian researchers: Transforming Urban Transport The Ethics, Politics and Practices of...
1 Nov 21, 2012
2:32 am

Christopher Miller
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Great editorial in Seattle Times about how building endless miles of car roads has only increased congestion and reduced quality of life, while building...
1 Nov 20, 2012
4:09 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Interesting NYT article on Robert Gordon's thesis that we can depend on no more industrial revolutions: http://t.co/lU1gOTKz ... What do y'all think of...
4 Nov 20, 2012
2:26 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Debra Efroymson attends an "inclusive and sustainable transport" conference put on by a development bank in one of the world's most car-choked...
1 Nov 19, 2012
5:14 pm

Richard Risemberg
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... The link: http://t.co/6FxNKUkr Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com ...
2 Nov 9, 2012
5:52 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Hi All, My power is still out at home and may be for days. It's getting cold there, too. Other than the power, things are OK. We had enough wind to bend street...
3 Nov 7, 2012
6:40 pm

J.H. Crawford
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/02/iskandar-malaysia-green-megacity...
5 Nov 5, 2012
3:28 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Of interest, from an LA advocacy group mailing list: ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com ...
1 Nov 1, 2012
2:37 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Hi all, I would like to have your feedback about an idea for a possible case study for a project that we have just started thinking of (this is the early stage...
3 Oct 23, 2012
11:58 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Excellent presentation exploring how we gave away the corner store and ruined everything in just a few decades--and how to get back, or forward, to something...
1 Oct 22, 2012
11:49 pm

Richard Risemberg
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This grassroots website makes an intelligent and comprehensive case for a car-free Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago: http://t.co/bfufYKYQ Hope they get it! Rick -- ...
1 Oct 21, 2012
10:39 pm

Richard Risemberg
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A conservative engineer explains how sprawl & bigbox development patterns defraud the future, and recommends "traditional principles: build things close...
1 Oct 18, 2012
3:22 pm

Richard Risemberg
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First third of the article is backgrounder, but then it gets meaty: http://t.co/nhuVjRih File under "Oil Addiction," cross-reference under "Fraud." Rick -- ...
1 Oct 18, 2012
3:10 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Good rundown on the connection between sprawl, high taxes, and civic bankruptcies: http://t.co/PrcbCLr9 Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
1 Oct 17, 2012
3:24 pm

Richard Risemberg
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http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2012/09/models-are-improving-but-can-they-catch-up.html scroll down to the "you are here 2012" graphic. J. ... J.H. Crawford ...
1 Oct 17, 2012
3:19 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Hi All, I didn't know half this stuff, and I follow climate change fairly closely: ...
10 Oct 11, 2012
9:49 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Regarding Joel's point 3, may I add that reducing greenhouse gas emissions, rather than being economically disastrous (as Michael Lewis claims) could be...
1 Oct 11, 2012
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Debra Efroymson
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... NACTO is the "National Association of City Transportation Officials," and they are doing the most progressive work in us street design. Details:...
1 Oct 9, 2012
4:05 pm

Richard Risemberg
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You didn't think that Sustainable City News would let Rush get away with this level of blatant lying, did you? Our publisher and editor Eric Miller has written...
1 Oct 8, 2012
11:09 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Here's a howler form the wingnuts, a book claiming that suburbs are not subsidized, and that ignores coercive zoning in its claims that they developed...
1 Oct 8, 2012
10:55 pm

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