Editor's note: We would be most foolish were we not to take careful note of these independent reports on the perceived realties of Car-Free Days around the...
Editor's note: No doubt: they are getting the message in South Africa. Now all we have to do is multiply this by a couple of thousand and we have the makings...
Dear Friends, This is to invite you - just in case you have not already had the pleasure - to look at a bit of traffic around the world. We think it's a...
Car-free day on Sunday City News - October 01, 2005 Jakarta: In a bid to reduce the use of private vehicles, the city administration and several environmental...
Viva pedal and foot power on Car Free Sunday (South Africa) By Lucia Mopp As Klipfontein Road closed to all forms of motorised transport on Sunday, hundreds of...
Solitary commuter in spotlight A campaign to stamp out the "one man, one car" mode of travel is gathering momentum across Northern Ireland. Travelwise NI, a...
Dear World Car Free Day friends, We try for the most part to keep our various transport related programs pretty much self contained, but we do think it's...
Dear Friends, Estimados amigos, etc. etc, To get out our message we have to learn to get away from our various comfortable towers, ivory, print and otherwise....
Catbuncle vote for Scottish Planning decision (sic) Could we achieve another 'bicycle' scale vote Prospect, an architectural magazine, is seeking votes for its...
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WORLD CARFREE NEWS >>> ____________________________________ Edition no. 25 - October 2005 - English version ...
Posted to the web on: 06 October 2005 - http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A99252 Car-free day to remain planner's dream until public...
Family connections mean that a visit to Windhoek is coming up soon, are there any groups and projects worth looking at when I'm over there, to make the fullest...
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For Dave Holladay, who asked for a contact in Namibia. Please see the attached PDF file on Bicycle Empowerment Network-Namibia (BEN Namibia), a young but...
11 October 2005 Good Day, I am writing to you on behalf of the Organising Committee of Velo Mondial 2006. This international bicycle planning conference is...
Dear Zandiswa Cacambile Sorry but I cannot possibly help you promote this unsustainable international jamboree! Have you calculated how much CO2 will be...
Portland State moving toward green future Despite having no goals to meet Kyoto standards, PSU remains focused on sustainability By Nicholas M. Deshais October...
We would also like to draw your attention to the Flexcar spelling bee and counsel program that appears at the bottom of this page. Invitation open for the week...
To say that Velo Mondiale is an "unsustainable international jamboree" is just ridiculous. The point of organizing events like this is to effect change that...
MEC gets true taste of public transport By Mojalefa Mashego First he took a packed morning train from Soweto, rode to Sandton in a taxi without a speedometer...
Richard Evans schrieb: ... ... This conflict occurs frequently. In the IHPVA (International Human Powered Vehicle Association www.ihpva.org ) we organise...
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See below an interesting article on Katrina, Rita, cars and transit: Original article in: http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2899 Carlos F. Pardo Project...
(Good ideas have a way of sticking.) Car-free day a voluntary exercise Johannesburg - No one would be penalised for ignoring government calls on people to use...
<http://www.transalt.org/e-bulletin/2005/Oct/images/ta_top_plain.gif> Car-Free Central Park Action Alert! <http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=3354603&s=25587591> Dear...
For more information on hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuation problems, and a response to Randal O'Toole see "Lessons From Katrina and Rita: What Major...
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In ordinary times the AVERAGE US city bus, AVERAGED OVER ITS ENTIRE DAY, uses more fuel/passenger-km than a car, because the AVERAGE city bus oer the day is...
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Oct 19, 2005 8:12 pm
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From: Richard Biddle Subject: Get the right FUNDING STREAM in place for public transit. Dallas Rapid Area Transit -DART - teaches us a lesson. It's not a sales...
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Johannesburg Car-free day is voluntary Tue, 18 Oct 2005 Gauteng's car-free day on Thursday will be voluntary, the City of Johannesburg said. Speaking to the...
Taxis, commuters gear up for Car Free Day Taxi drivers are excited and ready for an expected onslaught of passenger as South Africa observes the first Car Free...
