From: Richard "Cars are not only necessities for Californians because of the size of the state and because of our transportation system, but they're also a...
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hojemo
Aug 6, 2002 8:35 am
Hi! I have a link suggestion for the carfree site, (it seems to be down right now so I send it here) http://www.auroville.org/thecity/architecture.htm Best...
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Lanyon, Ryan
ryan_lanyon
Aug 6, 2002 1:24 pm
"PARIS BEACH" BANS CARS, ATTRACTS WALKERS -> According to a July 21st Reuters story filed from Paris, "Lines of scantily-clad bodies are soaking up the sun a...
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turpin
Aug 6, 2002 4:14 pm
... Hardly. I live in Austin, Texas, in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Much of Austin has become the typically sprawled city. But there are a handful of...
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Paul Parma
paulparma
Aug 6, 2002 4:49 pm
Have a City reference design that will have to move about 30,000 people worst case in an hour and a half at the worst point (near the city center metro stop),...
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Paul Parma
paulparma
Aug 6, 2002 7:59 pm
New poster; Apologies -- Text fix and tip of hat to Mr. Crawford Have a City reference design that will have to move about 30,000 people worst case in an hour...
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Chris Bradshaw
chris@...
Aug 7, 2002 3:16 pm
... I live in Canada, specifically, Ottawa, the national capital and fourth largest. I live in "the Glebe" (the name refers to the status of the lands before ...
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turpin
Aug 7, 2002 4:31 pm
... Hopefully, we would not all move to that one. But there IS a tremendous difference between neighborhoods, in the same city. Even cities that suffer sprawl...
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Karen Sandness
kitka97205
Aug 7, 2002 5:54 pm
... As I mentioned in my previous answer, I live in Portland, Oregon, but if one wants to live the car-dependent lifestyle in Portland, it's certainly ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 7, 2002 11:10 pm
The August issue of The New Colonist is online now at http://www.newcolonist.com. This month we have "Our Neighborhood," an exclusive feature from Russell...
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paulparma
Aug 8, 2002 2:16 am
... Rail doesn't allow other vehicles (non-tracked) on the road, does it? Catenary systems need much more overhead clearance don't they? And buses are not as...
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Rob Foley
kingsleyst
Aug 8, 2002 2:40 am
I am not a fan of the American conservative magazine "The Weekly Standard." One of their Editors, David Brooks (author of "Bobos in Paradise") wrote this...
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jusjih
Aug 8, 2002 3:27 am
Most of the world tends to prohibit right turns and left turns on red lights. Though it may waste time and energy, it is usually safer to pedestrians and...
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Louis-Luc
exqmtl@...
Aug 8, 2002 4:05 am
Hello everyone, I've been silent for the past weeks, because I've gone on a vacation trip to the Eastern USA states, mainly to beach places. Let me relate you...
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prometeus57
Aug 8, 2002 7:24 am
If you convert money spent on a transportation system into typical labour hours and compare that to the distance traveled, then how fast do you actually go? ...
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Simon Lord
dangermouse_sl
Aug 8, 2002 12:51 pm
An interesting site which is worth reading. http://www.after-oil.co.uk/ Simon PS Apologies if this has been posted before ...
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enjax
Aug 8, 2002 7:35 pm
I read the entire article and interpreted it less "a brilliant lampoon on the new suburbia" than more of a delusional feel good piece defending an economically...
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turpin
Aug 9, 2002 3:58 pm
... I must confess I don't grok this issue. In all my years and many thousands of miles of pedestrian travel, I don't recall a problem because of cars turning...
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S Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Aug 9, 2002 7:10 pm
x-post ... From: "richard.m.evans" <richard.m.evans@...> To: "itwmc-uk eGroup" <itwmc-uk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:10 AM ...
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prometeus57
Aug 10, 2002 3:24 am
... Would be better if it didn't have ludicrous things like: A new football stadium at Wembley would be better equipped with good lighting and audio-visual...
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billt44hk
Aug 10, 2002 3:49 pm
These newsclips of Bush on the golf course talking tough about Iraq to the worlds press then hopping into a golf cart. Is the inability to play a round of golf...
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dubluth
Aug 11, 2002 5:28 am
... --snip-- ... It's an interesting question. Some points should be noted. The average speed of a car calculated this way would surely depend on the car and...
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Louis-Luc
exqmtl@...
Aug 11, 2002 5:43 am
... The real problem is bad drivers. THEY should be eliminated, at first. If a driver endangers a pedestrian (or another road user) for *any* reason ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 11, 2002 8:44 am
... Traffic engineers have finally figured out that all you have to do is to go back to the old, sharp corner radius, which was universal until fairly...
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C M Bruce
carolandrob
Aug 12, 2002 3:53 pm
... I would not recommend doing that in the U.S. If you damage the car, the courts will make you pay for it. Even if you damage a car that frightens you by...
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agnostic_demiurge
agnostic_dem...
Aug 13, 2002 8:08 am
Forgetting everything else for a moment...how much more pleasant would driving be if people only drove when they WANT to, or when they have to move heavy...
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dubluth
Aug 13, 2002 5:58 pm
What is wanting to drive and when might this occur? perhaps I've driven enough to not ever experience just wanting to. I also can't forget everything else....
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Ian Finnesey
agnostic_dem...
Aug 13, 2002 9:05 pm
... I fail to see the connection between this and people driving when they actually want to or have no reasonable alternative even in the presence of public ...
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Louis-Luc
exqmtl@...
Aug 14, 2002 3:51 am
... I think driving is stressful, because you have to look for everyone else using the road around the car. It's more risky than taking a train, plane or boat....
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coyote_clown
Aug 15, 2002 3:33 am
... would ... day? ... You've raised a worthwhile point. It needs to encompass things like shopping only when you want to, visiting only when you want to, ...
