Karen's letter published in today's issue of Carfree Times really resonated. I've been thinking along the same lines for, gosh, 30 years. But as Karen notices,...
Joel, (and carfree lists) You may remember my email to the carfree-wg about the freestate project http://www.freestateproject.org/ I am interested in this...
... Notwithstanding the valid objection made by Turpin that energy will unlikely be expensive in the future, the most appropriate means of personal transport,...
Even in a nation where car is king, you can still live like royalty without one. http://www.unconventionalideas.com/carless.html After viewing this list,...
A question on a possible Historical footnote. Does anyone know what the signifigance of Robert Moses' license number of his limo being "2000"? I noticed that...
Car Culture Invades Beijing From the South China Morning Post 2nd January 2002 On a cold winter morning, a radio announcer alerts drivers to traffic jams on...
From: Richard Even in LA, some things are getting better.... ... More Pieces Fall Into Place for Downtown L.A. Revitalization ... A residential and retail...
Hi All, The New Colonist has an interesting piece on the Netherlands by Jane Holtz Kay. It is, alas, not entirely accurate, and the situation wtih the train...
Some astute observations about alienating technology in this article. Particularly the fact that cars are so stuffed with high tech gizmos now they can no...
Cut to the chase: "By shifting taxation from employment to environmental destruction, governments could tax over-consumption out of existence. But everyone who...
The New Colonist wishes all of us a Happy and Peaceful New Year, and offers a toast to the darkness that defines the light: may we all find our way to the...
The other day I visited a friend in Gresham, Oregon (actually rode there with my daughter on our bikes from downtown Portland). Seeing Gresham from the seat of...
I am proud to say that I live in New Jersey. But the state has a nationally (and internationally?) bad reputation for being a loathesome aggregation of...
Is there anything wrong with the way we get around? Is a massive increase in air pollution related asthma sufferers something to lightly dismiss? Is annual...
i had been asked this question (why modern areas need to be carfree as much as possible?)in a lecture , and until know i did not find the right answer.aloso i...
I think this post from the yahoo group, carfree, will be of interest to carfree_cities readers. Bill Carr From: "Robert J. Matter" <rjmatter@p...> Date: Fri...
The NY Times has another idiot story on the "hydrogen economy:" http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/business/yourmoney/15VIEW.html If you have time (I don't),...
I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, I strongly endorse the idea of living in places where you can walk to the store, work, etc. This is what we...
Five years ago, suburban Richardson, TX, sixteen miles north of downtown Dallas, would have been an unlikely place to consider walking-distance development....
And here's my rebuttal, though I cheated by copying most of it from an old editorial of mine (http://www.newcolonist.com/rr2.html). Richard ... Subject: RE: "A...
Hi All, Carfree Times #29 is now posted, at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i029.html For minor tactical reasons, I'm not going to publish it officially until 1...
Great article in today's New York Times on the editorial/op-ed page. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/opinion/29FRI2.html To access the article, you'll have...
Dallas Area Rapid Transit started service twenty miles north of downtown Dallas to Plano two days ago. I wish I'd gotten more of the apartments, businesses...
Quotes: " Cars, pickups, sport utility vehicles and big rigs remain this region's biggest polluters. Over the last decade, new freeways and suburbs to...
