Scepticism and resistance from people who have trouble envisioning a carfree or car-reduced urban lifestyle may be one of
the best arguments for actually...
Interesting idea to use a provincial highway right-of-way. I would suggest not having it be a bi-provincial project, speaking from experience in the ...
Learning from Copenhagen An interview with Danish architect Jan Gehl on how public spaces work. http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0802/ped/index_b.html...
Hello All, I've just come back from Montreal and after walking down Mont-Royal, thought that the only thing keeping it distanced from the metro is a tram...
Dear XXXXX, My dear friends, I believe it is time to begin assembling a national coalition for transportation choice. This coalition would be comprised of...
Hello, There is a site to sign a petition, towards turning a commercial part of Mont-Royal avenue carfree. This site also explains the project more in details....
... Your latter point is exactly why we must discuss the former - Emotions tend to be quite effective in shaping people's behaviour, in spite of what the ...
... Yes indeed! People like the future, cutting edge, or for the less daring among us, at least to feel a part of a society that has a leading edge. We now...
Santa Fe is moving forward with an Auto-free Plaza Coalition-- involving four non-profit organizations, over one thousand Native American artists and jewelers,...
... They are afraid of walking in places that have been abandoned by the pedestrian. They show no reluctance, for example, to walk at night in well-lit streets...
From: Transportation Communications Web Site of the Day: Kids 'N Cars Tragedy often motivates people to champion a cause. Such is the case with this Web site....
Hello everyone, I feel some of this talk about past vs. present and future misses the point. While it is a no-brainer that the future will be the future and...
Wonderful, encouraging article about a temporary pedestrianization project in Paris: http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/08/18/france.beach.reut/index.html...
Hi all, I just want to know your feedback about the fact that motorists are not or are allowed to make a right turn on a red light. In Québec province,...
From: Richard ... Inequity Defines Walkers' Deaths ... Study: The Times finds pedestrian safety efforts are not always where the most fatalities occur. By HUGO...
... You don't even have to go back that far. The life of city dwellers in the 1950s also provided a lot of exercise. For example, I walked five blocks to ...
From: Richard ... Nantucketers Grumbling Over Traffic Rumblings ... Cars keep clogging the island each summer, but only one thing may be turned away--a traffic...
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...
[please distribute far and wide] CALL TO ACTION: WORLD CAR-FREE DAYS 2002! It's coming! It's coming! World Car-Free Days is less than a month away. All that's...
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? ...
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...
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...
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...
... 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 ...
So says a survey by the National Association of Home Builders. Here are some quotes from the article: "Location: Top choice was an outer suburban location (37...
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),...
