This car-free day covers only a small area, but is notable in that it is in Africa. CAR-FREE day has cyclists on a roll Cape Argus - Cape Town,Africa The usual...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 1, 2004 3:31 pm
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gas1mar01,1,1046220.story?coll=la-home-headlines> -- Richard Risemberg http://www.living-room.org ...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 1, 2004 10:32 pm
Hi All, Carfree Times #33 has been translated into Spanish by Ricardo Eid, to whom my thanks. The issue is at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i033_castellano.html ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 2, 2004 3:30 am
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/realestate/29COV.html?pagewanted=1&ei=1&en=a8ead84e359f450a&ex=1079190789> -- Richard Risemberg http://www.living-room.org ...
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kenavidor
Mar 2, 2004 4:41 am
Minneapolis CouncilPRTson Zimmermann : "This is going to be the most significant innovation for cities since the introduction of the automobile," Zimmermann...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 2, 2004 10:15 am
From Common Dreams this morning: Published on Monday, March 1, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Will The End of Oil Mean The End of America? by Robert Freeman In Zen...
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John W. Meacham
kj6tk
Mar 2, 2004 2:33 pm
Hi all, Just a short note to let you know that we now have 465 bicycle commuter bios at www.bikecommute.com Post yours if your not listed. we also just added a...
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Greg Steele
gregsteele19380
Mar 2, 2004 3:47 pm
Matt, I agree with you about preaching to the converted, however, shouldn't this be a brainstorming session? We all have reasons for favoring transit. So...
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Bijan Soleymani
rsoleymani
Mar 2, 2004 4:54 pm
... Good propaganda is better than bad propaganda. However I don't think we should use propaganda to get people to do the right thing. It's better that people...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 2, 2004 5:32 pm
... From: Greg Steele <thegisguru@...> With this in mind advertising transit should depict the transit rider as sexier, more powerful, smarter, etc....
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Nicholas Frank
anfsyntran
Mar 3, 2004 7:56 am
We are presenting a new approach to car-free sustainable living. Synergistic social transformation is a grassroots transformational program that has the...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 3, 2004 10:13 am
Hi, ... I've added a link to our database, which is updated on the site several times a year. Would appreciate a reciprocal link if you can get around to it. ...
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Matt Dobbing
mrdobbing
Mar 3, 2004 10:33 am
Greg, thanks for your response. I agree with your points about advertising, the empty road and reality! but advertising is i suppose aspirational. I think...
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Greg Steele
gregsteele19380
Mar 3, 2004 4:42 pm
I think that anything that gets too number oriented will not be as effective as in an advertisement as something that goes for the emotions. E.g. a cost...
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Christopher Miller
earthymiller
Mar 4, 2004 11:05 pm
If you are in the Washington DC area, you might be interested in this talk: ... Chris Miller Washington DC, USA [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 5, 2004 6:31 pm
Hi All, ... Regards, -- ### -- J.H. Crawford Carfree...
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David Hazen
y2kvid
Mar 6, 2004 5:39 pm
A related link is http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ which describes the peak oil scenario in greater detail. ... the story of a South American Indian tribe...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 7, 2004 9:23 am
Hi All, Carfree.com is now hosted on a new machine with greater traffic capability. If you have some time, please have a look at the site on the new machine: ...
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Chris Holt
off2CtheLizard
Mar 7, 2004 4:14 pm
We here in Canada, along with the rest of the cycling activists around the globe, lost a dear friend and activist this week. Tooker Gomberg is missing and...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 8, 2004 9:05 am
Scientist "gagged" by No 10 [Downing Street] after warning of global warming threat http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=499013 --...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 8, 2004 4:38 pm
Hi All, Word from Eric Britton: Volume 9, Number 4, 2003, of "World Transport Policy & Practice", a quarterly journal edited by Professor John Whitelegg, is...
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Christopher Miller
earthymiller
Mar 9, 2004 3:26 am
An interesting article about problems met with Houston's try at introducing light rail while keeping automobile traffic in the same right of way. I wonder if...
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Christopher Miller
earthymiller
Mar 9, 2004 3:33 am
More on Houston, this time with more effort to uncover some of the reasons. (And a refreshingly more honest description this time of *who* keeps crashing into...
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Peter Cook
petercook2705
Mar 9, 2004 4:04 am
... That is a rather odd question - of course the answer is yes.. Why do Americans always think that their attempt at something is the first time it has ever...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Mar 9, 2004 4:19 am
From the New York Times, exposé of Shell Oil's coverup of reserve overestimations...all too interesting. ... Full text & link: ...
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Christopher Miller
earthymiller
Mar 9, 2004 5:14 am
Hi, ... Actually, I'm Canadian and just happen to be living in Washington DC now. I was rather stung by your reaction to my post. I took the trouble to...
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Doug Salzmann
c1ttad1no
Mar 9, 2004 6:39 am
... Now, there's an understatement ;-) ... Well... unless it turns out that the competition has the same problem. For years, we've been hearing that the...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Mar 9, 2004 10:48 am
Hi All, Regarding the Houston issue, notice that nearly all the crashes involve cars turning left. The only way to tackle this problem is to forbid all left...
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Karen Sandness
kitka97205
Mar 9, 2004 3:44 pm
A couple of points worth noting: 1. A "conservative student monthly serving the Houston area" mocking public transportation? I knew that this was an article...
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Greg Steele
gregsteele19380
Mar 9, 2004 8:33 pm
Thank you Karen for pointing out that the author of the story was "A conservative student monthly serving the Houston area." I think that may have something...
