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A panel of developers explains how car-parking minimums are out of date and prevent them form building good projects.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...
1 Mar 15, 2013
3:04 pm

Richard Risemberg
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A brief examination of alternative trading systems in the Guardian: http://t.co/Jm0CDlvIfj Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
1 Mar 13, 2013
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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...
1 Mar 12, 2013
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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....
1 Mar 12, 2013
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... 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...
2 Mar 11, 2013
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California&#39;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...
1 Mar 10, 2013
3:36 pm

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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...
1 Mar 6, 2013
8:27 pm

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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")....
1 Mar 6, 2013
4:35 pm

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Hi All, The new Carfree Times is up: <http://www.carfree.com/cft/i068.html>http://www.carfree.com/cft/i069.html Enjoy! Thanks, J. ... J.H. Crawford ...
1 Mar 3, 2013
4:02 pm

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Excellent article by Christopher Hawthorne speaks of transit, the airport, Pershing square, and more: http://t.co/CMLSe20E8P Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
1 Mar 2, 2013
4:37 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Yes, there is a 2 million dollar project being developed to implement congestion charging in Bogotá. However, it depends on the political context to see if it...
2 Feb 28, 2013
1:06 pm

Justin Hyatt
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Hello all, Can anyone tell me the source of this Lewis Mumford quote? was it in one of his books, in an article or something else? /"Adding highway lanes to...
2 Feb 25, 2013
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Hi all, After long resistance, I broke down this morning and figured out how Vimeo's Channel function works. The result is here: ...
1 Feb 21, 2013
4:52 pm

J.H. Crawford
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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...
1 Feb 21, 2013
4:35 pm

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Sustainable City News's Eric Miller found this excellent article on infill development that is integrative rather than imposing: ...
1 Feb 17, 2013
3:59 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Some advances in inductive power from S. Korea; can operate vehicle directly or charge an onboard battery (or, presumably, capacitor): ...
1 Feb 16, 2013
6:12 pm

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From the Atlantic Cities: how the spatial inefficiencies of the car destroy economies, kill cities: http://t.co/5bMbTuJH Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
3 Feb 15, 2013
4:28 am

Richard Risemberg
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Great article on Nashville's revised plan for future growth: http://t.co/2GcTRHBz Infill, adaptive re-use, creating urban places, prioritizing transit…. Rick...
1 Feb 11, 2013
4:19 pm

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Went over the executive summary; this is pretty good. Rick ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com ...
1 Feb 8, 2013
3:30 pm

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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...
1 Jan 31, 2013
4:05 pm

J.H. Crawford
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Dallas article on how tearing down freeways eases congestion and revives economies--with reality-based examples: http://t.co/JN98lQom Gut feelings aren't...
1 Jan 28, 2013
8:05 pm

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via @TracyDavis: Automobile-centric development, the credit scam, bubbles, and a sustainable economy: http://t.co/ru307pCe Somewhat related article on private...
1 Jan 28, 2013
6:57 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Latin American cities investing in bikes, transit as car-owning minority takes over street space: http://t.co/nsF9RkRH Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
1 Jan 26, 2013
4:11 pm

Richard Risemberg
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Peak oil, the end of cheap oil, vested interests, and media imbecility and, often, duplicity: http://t.co/lUXBMorc Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
1 Jan 25, 2013
1:17 am

Richard Risemberg
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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...
1 Jan 24, 2013
4:09 am

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The ZEN district in Palermo is to be rebuilt from scratch (thank god): ...
1 Jan 22, 2013
8:43 pm

J.H. Crawford
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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...
1 Jan 22, 2013
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Richard Risemberg
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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: ...
1 Jan 22, 2013
12:52 am

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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...
1 Jan 21, 2013
6:34 pm

Richard Risemberg
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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...
1 Jan 21, 2013
4:21 pm

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