http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/ Carfree Cities Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:34:29 GMT heller@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11727 Hi folks, our German Federal President Mr Horst Koehler held an incredible speech in front of ADAC, which is THE lobby organisation for cars and car culture in Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:26 GMT J.H. Crawford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11726 Hi All, I'd like to respond to a couple of points Foraker raised. First of all, the book DOES focus on greenfield sites, as we will be building more new cities Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:18 GMT chbuckeye http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11725 The review is very brief. The reviewer is critical of the scope of the book, however, and contradicts himself in some ways, but in the end recommends it. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:14:44 GMT J.H. Crawford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11724 Hi All, Todd Littman of VTPI has just posted a review of Carfree Design Manual at Planetizen: http://www.planetizen.com/node/42838 I'm glad to see this, as Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:26:51 GMT Eric Britton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11723 What can I tell you, Seema and friends. On this your first Car Free Day in Mumbai I suppose the most useful thing that I can advise based on my experience is Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:14:56 GMT Richard Risemberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11722 Nice little overview from a Toronto blog: http://tinyurl.com/y9lpoeb R -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:45:33 GMT J.H. Crawford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11721 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/space-its-still-a-frontier/?hp February 3, 2010, 6:45 pm Space: It?s Still a Frontier By ALLISON ARIEFF Our Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:30:49 GMT Lloyd Wright http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11720 An interesting slideshow on how vacant car dealerships have been converted to other uses. http://www.thebigmoney.com/slideshow/car-showrooms-reborn Best, Lloyd Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:53:43 GMT Richard Risemberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11719 ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com http://www.rickrise.com [Non-text portions of this message have been Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:27:20 GMT Christopher Miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11718 Via Planetizen, a short update on early progress in building Masdar: http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=748&storycode=3156540 Christopher Miller Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:52:13 GMT Richard Risemberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11717 Yes, the US Federal Highway Administration! And they came up with an enlightened and enlightening report that I was pleasurably shocked to read: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:46:50 GMT Eric Britton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11716 January 2010: This month on World Streets We very much doubt that most of our readers have the time to check into World Streets on a daily basis. For that Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:57:14 GMT rickrise@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11715 http://t4america.org/blog/2010/01/28/president-obama-hails-high-speed-rail-as-the-infrastructure-of-tomorrow/ ... This message was sent by Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:26:21 GMT Richard Risemberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11714 http://tinyurl.com/ybu27xe Some familiar news, some new news...take a look. Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:30:56 GMT Richard Risemberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carfree_cities/message/11713 In the Los Angeles Times: http://tinyurl.com/y955364 Rick -- Richard Risemberg http://www.bicyclefixation.com http://www.newcolonist.com