June's new Colonist is online and available at http://www.newcolonist.com. This month read Jane holz Kay on becoming carfree; Gil Kezwer on sake culture in...
This article from the Star Tribune has been sent to you by Richard. Richard wrote these comments: A Quote: "The bottom line is this: Only 24 percent of the...
From: Transportation Communications Web Site of the Day: Gomaco Trolley Company Trolleys are becoming popular again. Old-style cars are being used in places ...
FYI. I thought some here might have an interest in doing this, too ... Mike ... Concerned that the Bush administration and the Congress are ignoring the ...
Monday, September 29, 2003 China eyes curbs on car sector MARK O'NEILL in Shanghai China's top planning body has warned of over-investment in the car industry....
... =v= Lots of people. As I already said, this has come up a number of times on this list. Here's a pointer to a recent report by Malcolm Weiss that was all...
An interesting note on neocon wishful thinking from Policy Pete: Spencer's Snake Oil Regrettably, the energy secretary has been lifting the comically deceptive...
Hi David, Ecocity Builders, Berkeley/CA, gives somes statistical data about carfree households in US-Cities, unfortunately, they didn`t publish about Houston,...
This is how I would like to change Houston. Install a Monorail system that connects the major work and shopping locations. The Monorails would go from the...
Gulf Coast Growth News Sep 26 2003This comes out once a week in Houston. There doesn't seem to be a web link for this, so this has to be forwarded. I thought...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0309250294sep25,1,4024081.story?coll=chi-printmetro-hed Motorized vehicles are targets of ban Janice...
From: "Twenty Hydrogen Myths" published at www.rmi.com, by Rocky Mountain Institute. Free online at www.rmi.org. His report was updated on 12 July 2003. Myth...
Article in South China Morning Post -about Traffic growth and the fate of Cycling in Shanghai. Sorry- a bit long since prefaced with my twopenceworth and...
This plan by the Western states is not nearly aggressive enough in my opinion. For an area of the country that emits 2% of the world's greenhouse gas...
Here's a non-motorized alternative to the horse and buggy that may have some potential in the U.S.. (In fact, I already saw one at the local bicycle store...
Hi All from Jerome in Tucson, Arizona, USA. I'm mostly a lurker on this an other car-free bulletin boards. I've been car-free and ped-centric for about 8...
(AP) --The hot topic on college campuses? Forget affirmative action, academic freedom or grade inflation. What really heats up students these days is trying to...
Around 1990 the the Mayor of Houston, Kathy Whitmire had a plan of bringing Monorail to Houston. This plan was killed by the next Mayor, Bob Lanier and the...
I live in Chicago, and have had several friends (joggers, cyclists, pedestrians) complain about motorised scooters on the lakefront path. However, I cannot...
I was impressed thirty years ago how much prettier Paris was than London. It became clear early on to me that Paris was an affirmation of urban living, the...
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMBC5ZO4HD_index_0.html Pay-as-you-go motoring just around the corner Satellites could mean 'pay-for-use' road networks 9...
Ten years ago, if you told me a conservative republican elected official in Harris County, Texas would propose commuter rail in Houston, I would have had...
The US has some limited car free activities that occur on 22 April, which is the national Earth Day. Information on the Earth Day car free activities can be...
