Hi All, I'll be in transit from now until some time on Friday, so I leave you and the new discussion of high-speed rail in the capable hands of the other...
Ron Dawson asked me to post this: ... High speed rail lines (ou LGV) would be ok using existing Interstate right of ways (ROW) as for acessing down town...
... =v= Yeah, but that particular corridor of southerly Pittsburgh always gets the experimental transit stuff, while the north side (my hometown) just gets...
... And a link: http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000088534nov05.story?coll=la%2Deditions%2Dorange -- Richard Risemberg http://www.living-room.org ...
SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) seems to be the name they use in America for these things. What is the usual terminology in the UK? There is a disturbing increase...
Hi *, Nike's (sneaker) TV ads are fantastic "car-free propaganda" spots, IMHO. Just watching CBS's coverage of the NFL (Bears vs. Browns). The 30-second ad, if...
San Francisco and Manhattan are two of the more pleasant and livable large cities. In both cases, their compactness was forced upon them by geography, one at...
We can do our part by walking, says Grit minister Lisa Schmidt Calgary Herald Sunday, October 28, 2001 Federal Environment Minister David Anderson said...
from CBC news: http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?category=Canada&story=/news/2001/10/27/fuel_011027 Parking car will help drive against terrorism:...
Interesting read, some excerpts below: Published on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 in the Guardian of London "Wrong Tool for the Job: Bombing Afghanistan is Not...
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2001/11/01/news.011101_HT_C1_PM025630.sto?PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2001%2F11%2F01%2Findex Council approves pathways plan ...
"Artist Realizes Leonardo's Dream Bridge" in the IHT--a little something to brighten your day: http://www.iht.com/articles/37549.html Such flights of...
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2001/10/31/news.011031_HT_C1_JLR91378.sto?PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2001%2F10%2F31%2Findex City council to vote tonight on bike,...
New Yorkers Take to Biking Since Attacks By Kathy Chu 10/30/2001 The Wall Street Journal Page B11F Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK --...
... carry ... objection ... And as you mentioned the other day, an underground road can bring in supplies to the center of a district that is being added on to...
... JH> I have never seen a serious alternative to this; I have always JH> seen the need for conventional emergency vehicles to use the JH> streets, although...
I'm curious how people here see their goal. When I think of how I like to live, the important thing is not that there are no cars, but that the city is compact...
I will be finishing my degree next summer in the UK and will be looking to work for 6-9 months in my year off. What I would ideally like to do is to work for...
In promoting the car free concept in a local TOD design for a new metro stop in an undeveloped greenfield, a couple of questions are likely to come up and I'd...
This excellent site is full of data on light rail initiatives and reasons why they should be supported: http://www.lightrailnow.org/progress/myths.htm --...
"BedZED, the Beddington Zero Energy Development, is an environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient mix of housing and work space in Beddington, Sutton, (South...
Let's build a new city. I want to live in a city where i don't have to buy gas to get around. I want to be able to talk to my neighbor without pausing when a...
I live four and a half miles from my worksite. I leave at 6:40 AM. To catch the bus to get to work, I walk a half mile to the nearest east/west cross-street....
News from car-plagued Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland, located on a narrow isthmus with two big harbours, is sprawly and quite difficult to get around. I*m...
Are you a planner with TOD experience or knowledge, and would like to apply it towards a vision of a carfree district? Loudoun County, Virginia, US will be ...
This morning on my way to school I heard an ad on the radio encouraging people in the New Orleans metro area to call local leaders and the governor and ask for...
Here's an interesting article that talks about the future of the urban landscape in the wake of 9/11. I'll admit I've never been particularly fond of...
