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...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 14, 2013 2:20 pm
very interesting; just look at the graph: http://rethinkingchildhood.com/2013/01/14/children-freedom-england-germany/ Best, J. ... J.H. Crawford ...
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...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 18, 2013 1:29 am
... http://t.co/C3bP3xQw Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 18, 2013 1:55 am
Thanks, Rick. Remember that cardiologist Dr. Reeves had a simple prescription to dramatically reduce deaths from heart disease: stop burning fossil fuels: ...
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Karen Sandness
kitka97205
Jan 18, 2013 5:17 pm
When I spent two weeks in Beijing in 1990, it was a nearly car-free city. Sure, certain high officials rode around in chauffeured cars, but ordinary people...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 18, 2013 6:40 pm
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...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 20, 2013 4:13 pm
One of SCN's perennial contributors, Debra Efroymson of Sri Lanka, is back with an article on how "We All Depend on the Kindness of Strangers": ...
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jane.
voodikon@...
Jan 20, 2013 4:44 pm
Not to dispute the gravity of China's air pollution, but cities all over the country are scrambling to build massive subway systems (perhaps too eagerly, as...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 21, 2013 4:21 pm
Possibly the best article of the new year, the Project for Public Spaces presents what should be a manifesto for America in "Place Capital: Re-connecting...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 21, 2013 6:34 pm
Major changes in UK guidelines for street building, speed limits, more. If this is followed through on, it will bring major and beneficial changes for all...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 22, 2013 12:52 am
Talk of tearing down the end of I-280 in San Francisco and replacing it with a street level boulevard, community development, and a high-speed rail terminal: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 22, 2013 12:59 am
It has 44 units, bike parking, two carsharing slots, some retail. Developer promises to manage building to ensure that it is marketed to carfree families...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 22, 2013 8:43 pm
The ZEN district in Palermo is to be rebuilt from scratch (thank god): ...
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Big John
kj6tk
Jan 24, 2013 4:09 am
Doing a major overhall and update to the Website BikeCommute.com <http://bikecommute.com> . Ported over 1,000 bicycle commute bios to our new server and...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 25, 2013 1:17 am
Peak oil, the end of cheap oil, vested interests, and media imbecility and, often, duplicity: http://t.co/lUXBMorc Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 26, 2013 4:11 pm
Latin American cities investing in bikes, transit as car-owning minority takes over street space: http://t.co/nsF9RkRH Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 28, 2013 6:57 pm
via @TracyDavis: Automobile-centric development, the credit scam, bubbles, and a sustainable economy: http://t.co/ru307pCe Somewhat related article on private...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jan 28, 2013 8:05 pm
Dallas article on how tearing down freeways eases congestion and revives economies--with reality-based examples: http://t.co/JN98lQom Gut feelings aren't...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jan 31, 2013 4:05 pm
Hi All, If you have steady nerves, you'd better watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIP0O1NJVZA This is 90 minutes or so. I was going to watch the first...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 8, 2013 3:30 pm
Went over the executive summary; this is pretty good. Rick ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 11, 2013 4:19 pm
Great article on Nashville's revised plan for future growth: http://t.co/2GcTRHBz Infill, adaptive re-use, creating urban places, prioritizing transit…. Rick...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 14, 2013 9:20 pm
From the Atlantic Cities: how the spatial inefficiencies of the car destroy economies, kill cities: http://t.co/5bMbTuJH Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Feb 15, 2013 1:26 am
Should I spring the Auto-Centric Carfree City on them? (Carfree Cities, page 294) LOL J. ... J.H. Crawford mailbox@... http://www.carfree.com Twitter:...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 15, 2013 4:28 am
Yes! Rick ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com http://www.rickrise.com...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 16, 2013 6:12 pm
Some advances in inductive power from S. Korea; can operate vehicle directly or charge an onboard battery (or, presumably, capacitor): ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 17, 2013 3:59 pm
Sustainable City News's Eric Miller found this excellent article on infill development that is integrative rather than imposing: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Feb 21, 2013 4:35 pm
Transit, cycling, walking, any kind of rail, Safe Routes to School, and maintenance of current infrastructure and operations all dissed in favor of, yep, more...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Feb 21, 2013 4:52 pm
Hi all, After long resistance, I broke down this morning and figured out how Vimeo's Channel function works. The result is here: ...
