See this: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GG02Dh01.html We have to do all we can to head this off; naturally, reductions in resource consumption, especially...
The proletariats of modern society have come to NY from around the world in a bike celebration. These guys have turned sustainable development into a high ...
hi everyone, i do not like cars but i need to own one because i live in calgary, the north american oil town. calgary is not bad for biking, at least for six...
... Really? Having to jump out of the way of people on bikes with their ding-ding bells is one of the annoyances of walking around in Tokyo. Riding on...
Hi, The other day Joel said something like "curbs will be unnecessary in a carfree city" This makes me wonder: 1 - What are curbs for? (Aid in drainage, place...
... Well, he's just one person, but Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer comes to mind. Among other things, he rides his bicycle everywhere and lobbied to get...
A group called "Vision 42" is campaigning to put the first new cross-town tram in Manhattan on 42nd Street, and in the process, to make the street carfree. ...
Hey TV generation, media deconstructors, and Pendolino fans, UK Yahoo! email pages have this big red ad from Virgin Trains... saying "The Return of the...
Los Angeles Needs to Swing for the Fences A Good Start Would Be Moving Dodger Stadium to Union Station Be it a new sports arena or a revitalized retail...
Subject: Fw: [gwcc] Simulated Oil Meltdown Shows U.S. Economy's Vulnerability ... Maybe the acute concern that is necessary is finally being realized by those ...
Hi, For "On the Train Towards the Future!" <www.worldcarfree.net/onthetrain> we need some kind of general environmental educational programme for children and...
One thing I noticed when I was in Tokyo recently is that, apart from the city center, it has few tall buildings, and nothing like New York does. Perhaps this...
Slightly off topic from the current discussions, a Gazette article on Montreal in the summer: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html? ...
Hong Kong has a very extensive set of elevated walkways, and Bangkok has constructed several along the Skytrain corridors. I have come to like the concept in...
X-post re an alarming intrusion on public space I do think we have to be on alert against the spread of canned infotainment on public transport. If more and...
A problem with a cable in an end-of-the-line station on the Montreal metro's shortest line (the Yellow line) shut down nearly a third of the system this...
I forgot the list won't accept attachments when I attached the metro map. Here is a link leading directly to it on the "Société des transports de Montréal"...
- Please forward to anyone you think may be interested - Dear Colleagues, I wonder if you can help me to find a suitable candidate for a fully-funded PhD...
There are few examples of carfree locations in the United States, and even fewer where freight delivery is not simply door-to-door by truck. Catalina Island...
Time for my annual posting of a link to an article about Hasselt, Belgium which made public transit free and not only avoided building an expensive ring road,...
London leads world by scrapping bus fares for under-16s <http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1506820,00.html> Children aged under 16 are to be...
Hi, Deutsche Bahn has further developed their BahnCard 100 which includes all train travel for a year plus free public transport in 67 cities, and now...
Hi All, Carfree Times #39 is on line: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i039.html This is another very long issue, containing a review of Book Three of The Nature of...
Carfree housing for the relatively wealthy seems to be a trend in oil-rich countries. Interestingly, the press release below says that they can only sell to...
