Here's a columnist's commentary in today's Montreal Gazette about Montreal's superficial efforts to join in worldwide Car-Free Day this Sept. 22: ...
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Aaron Naparstek
fireplug
Aug 29, 2003 3:01 am
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You drive to work, you drive your kids to school, you drive to the grocery store -- no...
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Louis-Luc
exqmtl@...
Aug 29, 2003 3:13 am
I read the article, that clearly shows we're stuck here with crappy governments at city and provincial levels. I was hoping the new provincial would do better ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Aug 29, 2003 6:10 am
... That's a surprisingly strongly-worded story, and a pretty good one. You might consider a letter-to-the-editor as a follow-on. One tactic to consider would...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Aug 29, 2003 2:24 pm
I think the Montréal subway carries at least 600,000 people on a Sunday and about 1.2 million on a weekday. Only a lunatic would think of closing it on ...
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Chris
earthymiller
Aug 29, 2003 4:33 pm
Thanks to Aaron Naparstek for posting the Reuters story. Here's a slightly = different version from today's Washington Post:...
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Chris
earthymiller
Aug 29, 2003 4:38 pm
Lpts of interesting car-related articles lately... Here's another one from the online Montreal Gazette: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/sto ...
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Patrick J McDonough
mcdonpj
Aug 29, 2003 7:57 pm
... The opposition is from the usual suspects, which are almost always: Randal O'Toole Wendell Cox and a host of minor characters that all work at "public...
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Andie Miller
peace1andie
Aug 29, 2003 9:08 pm
... I must say that I find even the best case scenario stats rather alarming, ie the average American in the densest areas walks just 8 minutes a day? (254 per...
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Patrick J McDonough
mcdonpj
Aug 29, 2003 9:23 pm
Somewhere else I've seen stats (can't remember where) that place movement in places like DC with transit at about 10,000 steps a day, and sprawling areas at...
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Erik Rauch
er333
Aug 29, 2003 10:27 pm
Here are some statistics on per capita gasoline usage around the world over the past 40 years: http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/ENG/variables/787.htm The...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Aug 30, 2003 5:44 am
<http://www.healthpromotionjournal.com/publications/journal/en2003-09.htm> -- Richard Risemberg http://www.living-room.org http://www.newcolonist.com "I...
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turpin
Aug 30, 2003 1:57 pm
... In all discussions of sprawl, I always emphasize the fact that it results from massive, public subsidy. The suburbanites get their "free ride" from the...
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Mike Neuman
mtneuman
Aug 31, 2003 7:51 am
According to this data from the World Resources Institute, per capita gasoline use in the U.S. amounts to 382 gallons of gasoline burned per year. Assuming 22...
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Matt Hohmeister
mdh6214
Aug 31, 2003 5:15 pm
The first week of the University semester just passed, and in one week, we had two very nasty accidents in the area of campus: - The weekend before classes...
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Steve
excalibur514
Sep 1, 2003 2:32 am
Hi, Is this for real? Steve ... Sunday » August 31 » 2003 Washington joins business lobby to overturn California clean fuel law Canadian Press Saturday,...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 1, 2003 5:04 am
Hello All-- Well, it's the first of the month again, and that means another issue of the New Colonist for you to peruse at http://www.newcolonist.com. This...
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Erik Rauch
er333
Sep 1, 2003 7:12 pm
Small carfree developments continue to proliferate in Germany. A large number are partially carfree; here are a few new ones that are completely or mostly...
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mtneuman@...
mtneuman
Sep 2, 2003 2:04 am
... Okay, so suppose the research eventually does persuade policymakers to change zoning, funding and even lending laws to promote development that will...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 2, 2003 2:17 am
As long as you provide free roads, people will drive, especially after 70 years of programming that tells them it's the "right" way to get about. First, you...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Sep 2, 2003 12:50 pm
Hi All, Carfree Times #32 is now available at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i032.html Regards, -- ###...
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turpin
Sep 2, 2003 1:12 pm
... I disagree with your preference, for several reasons. In my view, the first priority should be pushing the costs of driving onto the choice to drive. While...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 2, 2003 2:32 pm
Reasonable points below, but you overinterpreted me. The engineered difficulty I spoke of was solely lane reduction, nothing else. I too walk dozens of miles...
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turpin
Sep 2, 2003 4:21 pm
... Ah. Sorry. ... I still think it is the other way around. Until driving carries its own costs, we won't get other alternatives to a significant degree, we...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Sep 2, 2003 5:40 pm
In UK - I sense that after the widely acknowledged success of Ken Livingstone's congestion charge in London the direction now in one form or another is going...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 2, 2003 6:23 pm
Your idea would be fine, but the trolley systems evolved in an environment less skewed by subsidy. In fact, I believe there was little for the trolley systems...
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turpin
Sep 2, 2003 8:13 pm
... Exactly! ... Yep. That's been going on for decades. But in how many cities has this changed development patterns? Where has sprawl declined? In what states...
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Michael A Ohene
mibicycle
Sep 2, 2003 8:33 pm
... It reminds me of going to New orleans this weekend and hearing a man come into a gas station and tell the clerk "Im gonna kill your muthaf***** a@@", They...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Sep 2, 2003 10:10 pm
Ohene says: I ask this because of gentrification and the attempt to plan entire cities (master plans) based on what one group likes while eliminating ...
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mtneuman@...
mtneuman
Sep 3, 2003 3:55 am
Are you looking for a way to express your environmental advocacy in fighting global warming, air pollution and traffic congestion at one fell swoop? Look no...
