I had really high interest rates on my home loan. I saved thousands of dollars on home payments. And you can too. Interest rates are as low as can be, And Yes...
... The insurance companies are freaking out about global warming. Swiss Re (one of the largest reinsurers) recently expressed its alarm (I think there's an...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Jul 1, 2004 1:34 pm
X-post Anyone interested? ... From: Notification of research priorities and calls for proposals [mailto:JRF-RESEARCH@...] On Behalf Of Joseph...
... Also aidingthis will be the nascent but growing practice among municipalities & counties of no longer providing free roads and infrastrcuture to developers...
... Interesting. ... I don't know offhand the price of developable rural land, but yes, ten times is probably in the ballpark. A three-and-a-half acre (1.42...
I'm losing track of the main idea here, at list a little, but... Why is it even relevant to compare (and contrast ;^) costs of construction for urban,...
... Let's be sure not to confuse cost and price. At 206 units, the COST of the land is about $50,000 per unit. A small 2 BR condo ought to cost $200,000 or...
In Tallahassee, population around 250,000, a 2000 sf, 3BR, single-family, 1960s sprawlburb house would sell for around $150,000, and would be pretty solidly...
... That would be nice. Fire sprinklers are required in all new construction here, and standards for energy conservation are high, but alas, there's a huge...
I've plugged and cited Fogelson's _Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880- 1950_ often, since I view it as essential to understanding the decline of the cores in...
I liked the article but as Simon implies some North Americans may sentimentalise European cities somewhat. ... Hmm, at the expense of other cities or what? I...
I had really high interest rates on my home loan. I saved thousands of dollars on home payments. And you can too. Interest rates are as low as can be, And Yes...
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Erik Rauch
rauch@...
Jul 8, 2004 10:08 pm
This article debunks some misconceptions about traffic and congestion in cities. Gas Prices, Transit, Car Use and Europe by Dom Nozzi ...
Very true. Take Tokyo as an example. At times, the arterial streets and freeways of Tokyo can resemble parking lots, so car fanatics point to the congestion...
I think the more salient point is that the focus of urban design and infrastructure planning should not be simply to reduce automobile traffic congestion. But...
This message was received from Markus Heller, one of the organizers of the conference: Hi all, especially from Spain, I read in german`s left newspaper "taz"...
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Steve Geller
stgeller@...
Jul 10, 2004 9:01 pm
... This is true. Congestion is caused by too many cars on the road. Congestion discourages some number of people from driving, but the reason why nothing...
Hi- I've been scouring the Car Busters website and the 22september.org website, but I have been unable to find print-quality graphics of the "evolution" logo...
... Oddly enough I've just come across this site :- ADVANCED TRANSPORT GROUP Transport for the Future NEW! Advanced Transport Systems' Website. They happen to...
Hi All, ... Basically I'm opposed to overhead systems because they're ugly and intrusive, and probably noisy as well. ... Everybody who's every drawn one of...
This article was posted on another list. The possibilities are quite interesting. If something like this were considered by the government, half of the U.S....
How about a progressive road use tax (i.e. one that rewards travel in high MPG vehicles (are there any available in the US?) and one that is based on income...
http://www.cnt.org/2004/07/07/car-sharing July 7, 2004 I-GO, CNT's Car Sharing Program, Expands I-GO, CNT's car sharing program, extended its service to...
ULtra is the UK version of "Personal Rapid Transit". Personal Rapid Transit or PRT is part cult, part investment flim flam and part anti-transit disinformation...
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Steve Geller
stgeller@...
Jul 13, 2004 3:29 am
... This is another of the popular reasons why people avoid riding transit if they have any choice. We just don't like to sit close to strangers. It's not...
... I'm always baffled when I hear comments like this. Those who "don't like to sit next to strangers" would do themselves a tremendous service to get out of...
The biggest myth the PRT proponents spread around is that people don't like to ride with "strangers". This is total crap. They tried to peddle this...
... Absolutely. When I get on teh buses and trains here, I see people reading or listening to Walkmans, sure, but I also see lots of people chatting happily...
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Steve Geller
stgeller@...
Jul 13, 2004 3:42 pm
... I ride buses a lot, but I can't say I "choose" being close to strangers. I just put up with it as part of bus riding. The aversion to strangers is very...
