Review of what appears to be a superb book on what really makes cities work on various levels, down to the very granular (somewhat like "A Pattern Language")....
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 6, 2013 8:27 pm
With its large number of carfree households and healthy mix of transit options and (now) bikeways, DC sees that eliminating parking minimums will lower hosing...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 10, 2013 3:36 pm
California's Gov. Brown has twice vetoed safe passing laws that would require drivers to pass cyclists with at least three feet of clearance. I have posted a...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 11, 2013 2:41 pm
... Entire article: http://t.co/XdqQQ4kao0 Though the author seems a bit ignorant of cycling issues, overall this is a pretty good article on designing streets...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 11, 2013 5:02 pm
Thanks, Rick, good resource. J. ... J.H. Crawford mailbox@... http://www.carfree.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/carfreecities Vimeo:...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 12, 2013 1:19 pm
Why Saving the Planet Means Saving the Economy, Too Our problem is the deficit, it's climate change http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/12-2 J. ... J.H....
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 12, 2013 4:40 pm
Hi Michael, I looked through the review to which you linked, and I'd say that it's a reasonably positive review. I gather that you're saying that he missed the...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 13, 2013 2:01 am
A brief examination of alternative trading systems in the Guardian: http://t.co/Jm0CDlvIfj Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 15, 2013 3:04 pm
A panel of developers explains how car-parking minimums are out of date and prevent them form building good projects. ... The link: http://t.co/rsXVk9DSrW Rick...
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Todd Alexander Litman
todd_litman
Mar 17, 2013 9:55 pm
... VTPI NEWS ... Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ... Winter 2013 Vol. 13, No. 1 ... The Victoria Transport Policy...
Are we crowding out the world with our gadgets and gluttony? Superb essay from Edward Hoagland: http://t.co/Sz8fNUc0PK -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 25, 2013 4:33 pm
To shrink your carbon footprint, shrink your travel radius--and expand your life: http://t.co/dYxRtYvVaX Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 27, 2013 12:23 am
If you are a Californian and interested in establishing a safe-passing law to help protect people using bicycles on the state's roads, please sign our petition...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 29, 2013 3:47 pm
... The link: http://t.co/N8gvshYOo7 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 29, 2013 4:23 pm
... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text...
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Jason Meggs
jmeggs@...
Apr 4, 2013 6:37 pm
Dear Carfree Cities advocates, An impressive international contest is underway, the Cycling Visionaries Awards, a project of this year's Velo-City Global...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 9, 2013 2:40 am
Excellent article on "green illusions" about electric cars, green energy, and our attachment to a high-consumption lifestyle that is not sustainable: ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 10, 2013 2:37 am
Intriguing article further explores a recent conundrum: why new LEED structuress often score so poorly in sustainability analyses, while older buildings...
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Jason Meggs ~ VOTE4ME!
jmeggs@...
Apr 10, 2013 9:56 pm
Dear Friend, I wonder if you can take a couple minutes to help me with a special request. I'd really really like to be able to go to the biggest international...
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Jason Meggs ~ VOTE4ME!
jmeggs@...
Apr 10, 2013 9:56 pm
Dear Friend, I wonder if you can take a couple minutes to help me with a special request. I'd really really like to be able to go to the biggest international...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 12, 2013 2:30 pm
Excellent Monbiot article on the "elephant in the bedroom" issue of consumerism as a pillar of unsustainability: http://t.co/a9GFEEmTzR Rick -- Richard...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 17, 2013 2:33 pm
... The article: http://t.co/hgZsnloAgC Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com...
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chbuckeye
Apr 17, 2013 8:08 pm
Interesting proposal for car-light development could easily be adapted to be substantially carfree. Long posting with many illustrative photos, but overall...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 20, 2013 4:42 am
The tone of this article (on how fossil fuel reserves owned by corporations could become "unburnable" with CO2 limits "which are sure ot be breached") is...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 22, 2013 6:48 pm
Denmark's experimental bicycle highway is a hit, and more are planned: http://t.co/ns23cGUeBy Other Northern European countries are also establishing these...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 24, 2013 8:16 pm
From Streetsblog, via Project for Public Spaces: "Colleges Save Millions By Embracing Policies to Reduce Driving" http://ht.ly/ko1Hu Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
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mdh6214
Apr 25, 2013 4:03 pm
I wish my alma mater did the same thing. There's currently an $8.90/hr surcharge on tuition called the "Transportation Access Fee", costing a typical full-time...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Apr 29, 2013 3:59 am
This is the o\the sort of thing we should do with all that carchitecture that clutters the landscape: a defunct service station has been gussied up with some...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
May 2, 2013 2:44 pm
... http://t.co/u5Tr2lMgYe Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com http://gridlogisticsinc.com ...
