R. Rich tipped me off to this excellent series on Walking in America; have read only part 1 so far but am impressed: http://tinyurl.com/7b2wvof Rick -- Richard...
Hi, I'd like to invite you to join me and lots of others in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 6th Street Community Center on Manhattan's Lower East Side,...
Yet another good article on Generation Y's turn away from the automobile and towards cycling and transit: "Young adults opting for bikes, buses instead of...
How exercise can slow or reverse "normal" brain decline: http://tinyurl.com/7mrespv Walking, or any other aerobic exercise, such as cycling or running. ...
Taras Grescoe on transit in cities worldwide: http://t.co/5GRaT21r Actually a review of Grescoe's book, with lots of good tidbits. Rick -- Richard Risemberg ...
Consumption, population, inequality will likely crash environment & economy if not addressed: http://tinyurl.com/827dbbz No one in power in the west dares...
An unnamed private company is exploring the idea of operating passenger rail service in Oklahoma, between Tulsa and Olkahoma City. An OK senator supports it,...
The May issue of Sustainable City News is online now at http:// sustainablecitynews.com. among our features this month are; Trails to the Future: Making...
Excellent article on full-spectrum accounting in agriculture, and how the current system hides the functional inefficiencies of modern agribusiness: ...
Perhaps not so much surprising as disappointing, this Ceres report shows that corporations are lagging in developing and implementing procedures and practices...
Planet forward is gauging interest in the GRID project that I have mentioned on these lists before. We are hoping they will produce a story on it and bring it...
Excellent report from Jay Walljasper on how US cities can learn from the many years of Experience the Netherlands has accumulated in deprioritzing automobile...
From Manfred Neun, on why Western Australia should do more to facilitate urban cycling: "Bike infrastructure is cheaper than new roads, cheaper than new buses...
Reps Sanders & Ellison introduce bill to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies: http://tinyurl.com/6m5ekw3 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
Hyper-entrepreneur Mark Gorton on Cleveland and how it, and US cities in general, deaden their economies by planning for too many cars--and how wide streets...
How the "Market Society" decimates and degrades our civic culture: http://tinyurl.com/bproes5 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com ...
Bold essay in the New York times: http://tinyurl.com/83vsgez Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.SustainableCityNews.com ...
"The Slower We Drive, the More Richly We Live" on Sustainable City News: inspired by growing movement in UK to reduce speed limits on all residential roads to...
Possibly Hedges' best article yet, on the story of his successful lawsuit against the NDAA and why it was absolutely necessary: http://tinyurl.com/bt8fpl9 Read...
New surveys overwhelming broad-based support for cycling, walking among the US public, from all age and income groups and party affiliations. Meanwhile,...
Another good one from The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
Another good one form The Atlantic Cities, covering an Appleyard study that reveals how children who live in high-traffic neighborhoods and are driven...
Article in NYT comparing valuations of homes in car-oriented suburbs and walkable/bikeable urban neighborhoods served by transit. The latter prove more...
