Dear Friends, If you think it is important to have lots less cars in cities, and not only in your own pristine mental space, you must, in a pluralistic...
Hello everyone, I would also be happy if members of this list had a go at editing the 'car free days' Wikipedia entry. My edits were certainly not intended to...
It's interesting to me that so many people still do not understand that using automobiles imposes a heavy cost on the planet, a cost which has long been...
Eric, Thanks for getting the Car-Free Day(s) Wiki area started. I am not that wiki-friendly, and, anyway, couldn't find too much to improve. First, I liked...
Chris Bradshaw
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Sep 1, 2006 2:35 pm
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Hello everyone, I would also be happy if members of this list had a go at editing the 'car free days' Wikipedia entry. My edits were certainly not intended to...
Carbon taxes will always infuriate some people who believe that people and companies which do bad things need to be threatened with punishment. However, this...
Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Sep 1, 2006 3:42 pm
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I submitted the following resolution to the recent Green Party of Canada convention and biennial meeting in Ottawa. It attracted more delegates than the...
Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Sep 2, 2006 6:49 am
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... not only in ... democratic society at ... the very ... that anyone who ... listener. ... Helping you ... if we are ... out a long ... Makes sense ... Dear...
... Good Lord, I've been to the site, and it's clearly the work of one nut. Michael McGettigan/philadelphia USA...
mcget@...
Sep 2, 2006 1:59 pm
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Very good stuff but I was slightly surprised by the claimn that every new car needs 6 to 8 parking spaces. It wd be a very difficult calculation, but this...
Really scary stuff in this ABD website. I think the basic problem behind all this is egocentrism. People just think “I have a car, I want to drive it, I need...
Michael, ... Their aims are apparently: • Recognition of the fact that roads are an essential part of the UK transport system; and that traffic is the...
... and companies which do bad things need to be threatened with punishment. However, this can too often set up a cat-and-mouse game in which few people really...
A really good analysis of petrolhead ideology, (which is important because those ''bastards'' have played a big role to virtually de- railed the New Labour's...
Carlos, ... The design speed of most UK motorways is 120mph (nearly 200km/h), and a lower limit than 70mph is applied when it is unsafe at 120mph. Of course,...
... From: "Stephen Plowden" <stephenplowden@...> ... The higher number comes from the Spivak-Hart book, _There's an Elephant in the Closet_ (circa...
Chris Bradshaw
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Sep 4, 2006 12:49 pm
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What a nice neat market style solution! Unfortunately there is not enough time left for such policies to deliver the kind of changes in life style that are...
julian wootton
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Sep 4, 2006 1:23 pm
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I don't like "traffic calming by street parking" for the following reasons. 1. The cars get in the way of buses and bikes. 2. The cars obstruct the view of...
Thanks Julian. Some good news came today on the global warming front for a change at least. The IPCC (the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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Sep 6, 2006 7:51 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the LotsLessCars group. File :...
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Sep 6, 2006 7:53 am
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To those of you who have not heard, this past Saturday it was announced that the Quito Trolley would have exclusive lanes again. It is probable that the letter...
Bicycle Fixation Site Opens for Business Visit the new "Bicycle Fixation" site and join the revolution against global warming, unhealthy air, traffic...
"Like I keep saying, massive numbers of motorcycles and mopeds is a symptom of neglect of public transport. If the rich can drive, are the masses really going ...
A song about cycling, from Swedish Environmental movement, noted in 1979. The melody is written in tonsilabos (see www.tone.se, where you can download the...
I don't understand what Eric means by saying that traditional public transport may be unsuitable on cost grounds, the context being the Global South. This is a...
Dear Simon, It is always such a real pleasure to exchange these ideas with you. The situation in many cities of the Global South as far as motorized two/three...
Thanks for the videos, Eric. Can't see much point in the Bangalore one, and the India clip, though well-known, remains entertaining. Your comment about the...
Martin Cassini
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Sep 9, 2006 7:36 am
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From the World Car Free Days 2006 survey Posted On: September 02, 2006 08:38:09 PM City: Fort Collins, CO Country: USA 2006 CFD: There may be some informal...
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