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Bikes, cars, Philly, and acreaage

Richard Risemberg — 2013-05-18T14:21:14

Great quote from an article on Philadelphia's plans/hopes for a bikeshare system by next year:


Complete article:

http://t.co/EBAiGZrdaD

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The Numbers from NYC Complete Streets efforts

Richard Risemberg — 2013-05-09T22:46:22

Here's a link to the big report: the numbers from an analysis of New York City's new emphasis on cycling, walking, and buses, and how it has so spectacularly worked for everybody:

https://t.co/BgS5iAuzrJ

Crashes and injuries down for all road users, transit times shorter even with max speeds lower, and businesses raking it in as traffic and parking management programs, enhanced crosstown bus service, protected bikeways, and pedestrian plazas spread throughout the city.

Good counter to the NIMBYs and naysayers.

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VTPI News - Spring 2013

Todd Alexander Litman — 2013-05-07T07:02:19

                                 -----------

                            VTPI NEWS

                                 -----------

              Victoria Transport Policy Institute

              "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"

              -------------------------------------

              Spring 2013    Vol. 13, No. 2

              -----------------------------------

The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research
organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transportation
problems. The VTPI website (http://www.vtpi.org ) has many resources
addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. VTPI also
provides consulting services.

               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

NEW VTPI DOCUMENTS

====================

          *    *    *    *    *

"Congestion Costing Critique: Critical Evaluation of the 'Urban Mobility
Report'" (http://www.vtpi.org/UMR_critique.pdf )

The Urban Mobility Report (UMR) is a widely-cited study that quantifies and
monetizes (measures in monetary units) traffic congestion costs in U.S.
metropolitan regions. This report critically examines the UMR's assumptions
and methods. The UMR reflects an older planning paradigm which assumes that
"transportation" means automobile travel, and so evaluates transport system
performance based primarily on automobile travel speeds; it ignores other
modes, other planning objectives and other impacts. The UMR methodology
overestimates congestion costs and roadway expansion benefits by using
higher baseline speeds and travel time unit cost values than most experts
recommend, by ignoring induced travel impacts, and using an inaccurate
speed-emission curve. Its estimates represent upper-bound values and are
two- to four times higher than result from more realistic assumptions. The
UMR claims that congestion costs are "massive," although they increase total
travel time and fuel consumption by 2% at most. It exaggerates future
congestion problems by ignoring evidence of peaking vehicle travel and
changing travel demands. The UMR ignores basic research principles: it fails
to identify best current practices, explain assumptions, document sources,
incorporate peer review, or respond to criticisms.

 

"Valuing and Improving: Transportation-Related Data Programs"
(http://www.vtpi.org/TRB_data.pdf )

This report summarizes the findings of 2013 Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting sessions on valuing and improving transportation-related data
programs (programs that collect basic data used for transport policy,
planning and research). It discusses the business case for expanding and
improving data programs, puts data program costs into perspective with
transport expenditures and economic impacts, describes examples of the data
needed to address various transport planning issues, gives examples of
existing transport data programs, describes problems and threats, discusses
who should lead in data program strategic development, summarizes best
practices, and provides conclusions and recommendations.

 

"The New Transportation Planning Paradigm" (http://www.vtpi.org/paradigm.pdf
)

Demographic and economic trends, and new community concerns, are changing
the way practitioners define transportation problems and evaluate potential
solutions. A new paradigm expands the range of modes, objectives, impacts
and options considered in transport planning. This article, forthcoming in
the ITE Journal, discusses this paradigm shift and its implications on our
profession.

                 *    *    *    *    *

 

PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE

=================== 

"Pricing For Traffic Safety: How Efficient Transport Pricing Can Reduce
Roadway Crash Risk," Transportation Research Record 2318
(http://www.vtpi.org/price_safe.pdf ).

This report evaluates the traffic safety impacts of various transport
pricing reforms including fuel tax increases, efficient road and parking
pricing, distance-based insurance and registration fees, and public transit
fare reductions. This analysis indicates that such reforms can significantly
reduce traffic risk, in addition to providing other important economic,
social and environmental benefits. These benefits are often overlooked:
pricing reform advocates seldom highlight traffic safety benefits and
traffic safety experts seldom advocate pricing reforms.

 

"Parking Pricing Implementation Guidelines"
(http://www.ite.org/councils/Parking/newsletters/Spring13.pdf ), in ITE
Parking Council Journal, Spring 2013. The short article describes why and
how to implement priced parking.

 

'Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum,' in "Transport Beyond Oil: Policy Choices
for a Multimodal Future" (http://transportbeyondoil.wordpress.com )

This chapter provides a comprehensive review of various external costs
(costs not borne directly by users) resulting from petroleum production,
importation and distribution. It considers four major cost categories:
financial subsidies, economic and national security costs of importing
petroleum, environmental damages and human health risks.

 

The Transportation Research Board's 'International Research News'
highlighted two of our recent reports:

"Smart Congestion Relief: Comprehensive Analysis of Traffic Congestion Costs
and Congestion Reduction Benefits"
(http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168651.aspx )

"Critical Analysis of Conventional Transport Economic Evaluation"
(http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168664.aspx )

 

Recent Planetizen Blogs ( <http://www.planetizen.com/blog/2394>
http://www.planetizen.com/blog/2394 ):

"Who Should Pay for Transportation Infrastructure? What is Fair?" (
<http://www.planetizen.com/node/62128> http://www.planetizen.com/node/62128
)

 

Let's be friends.  Todd Litman regularly posts on his Facebook page (
<http://www.facebook.com/todd.litman> http://www.facebook.com/todd.litman ).
Befriend him now!

                 *    *    *    *    *

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

==================

"Active Transport Symposium"
(http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/cat-forum-18-active-design-symposi
um-invite.pdf ), Monday 13 May, Christchurch, New Zealand.

 

"Moving Forward: Decreasing Car Use Among Teenagers" at the Adolescent
Mobility Health Consortium (https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/amc ), Wednesday 15
May 2013, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. This will be a combined
live and online multidisciplinary international event showcasing current
research and practice in teen mobility, active transport, the effects of the
built environment and climate change, and youth engagement. Register at
http://ipru.polldaddy.com/s/amhcsymposiumstream .

 

"Innovative Parking Management Strategies: And Ways to Evaluate Their
Benefits" at the "International Transportation and Park Areas Management
Symposium" (http://www.otoparksempozyumu.org/en ), Istanbul, Turkey, 30 May
2013. I will also be speaking 29 May at a workshop by EMBARQ Turkey
(http://www.embarqturkiye.org ).

                 *    *    *    *    *

 

USEFUL RESOURCES

=================

"
<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?AmericanPlanningAsso/4e33ae9100/0b19a5453e/06d59914
1a/p=4204> Pedestrian- & Transit-Oriented Design"
(http://www.planning.org/apastore/search/Default.aspx?p=4204 ). This guide,
written by Reid Ewing and Keith Bartholomew, provides detailed information
on ways to create more pedestrian- and transit-friendly communities. It
turns a half-century of urban design theory into step-by-step directions for
creating walkable cities. 

 

The 'Right Size Parking Project' (http://www.rightsizeparking.org ) has
developed a website calculator to estimate multi-family parking utilization
based on location and building characteristic. "Do Land Use, Transit and
Walk Access Affect Residential Parking Demand?"
(http://metro.kingcounty.gov/up/projects/right-size-parking/pdf/ite-journal-
feb-2013-drowe.pdf ), published in the February 2013 ITE Journal, summarizes
the results from the Right Size Parking Project. Love those graphs!

 

"The Economics of Transportation Systems: A Reference for Practitioners"
(http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/0_6628_P1.pdf ). This guide
discusses current practices for quantifying and valuing impacts related to
cost efficiency, lifecycle benefits, economic development, property value
changes, travel time savings, motor vehicle crashes, air and noise
pollution, as well as discussion of whether transportation should be
evaluated based on mobility or accessibility, system pricing, and
performance evaluation.

 

"Walkable Communities and Adolescent Weight" (http://
<http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(12)00800-8/abstract>
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(12)00800-8/abstract ). This study
published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, collected body
weight, home location and other data for 11,041 high-school students in 154
U.S. communities. It found that the odds of students being overweight or
obese decreased if they lived in communities with higher walkability index
scores.

 

"Integrating Demand Management into the Transportation Planning Process: A
Desk Reference" (http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop12035 ).
This report provides guidance for integrating demand management into
transport planning. It discusses how demand management relates to seven key
policy objectives that are often included in transportation plans, such as
congestion and air quality. It includes information on tools available for
evaluating demand management measures and on the known effectiveness of
these measures.

 

"Access Across America"
(http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/pdfdownload.pl?id=2280
). This study by Professor David Levinson measured the number of jobs that
could be reached by automobile within certain time periods for the 51
largest U.S. metropolitan areas, taking into account the geographic location
of homes and jobs, roadway network connectivity and average traffic speeds. 

 

"The Best Complete Streets Policies of 2012"
(http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/2013/04/08/announcing-the-best-complete-s
treets-policies-of-2012 ). 
The report summarizes the examination of Complete Streets policies adopted
in 125 communities during 2012. 


"Pedestrian Safety, Urban Space, and Health"
(http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/pedestrian-safety-urban-space-and-he
alth_9789282103654-en ). This report by the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development demonstrates the important role walking plays in
an efficient and equitable transport system, and practical ways to improve
community walkability.

 

"The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation"
(http://www.cnt.org/repository/The_New_Real_Estate_Mantra.pdf ). This study
finds that average sales prices for residential properties within walking
distance of high quality public transit significantly outperformed region
averages in U.S. metropolitan areas during 2006 to 2011.

 

"Pedestrian Safety: A Road Safety Manual For Decision-Makers And
Practitioners"
(http://who.int/roadsafety/projects/manuals/pedestrian/en/index.html ). This
manual by the World Health Organization provides information on how to
assess the pedestrian safety situation in a particular area, risk factors,
and how to select, design, implement and evaluate effective interventions.
It stresses the importance of a comprehensive, holistic approach that
includes enforcement, engineering and education. It also draws attention to
the benefits of walking, which should be promoted as an important mode of
transport given its potential to improve health and preserve the
environment.

 

"ChoiceMaps: A New Way to Measure Neighborhoods"
(http://blog.walkscore.com/2013/04/choicemaps-new-way-to-measure-neighborhoo
ds ). ChoiceMaps is a variation of Walkscore (http://www.walkscore.com ). It
calculates the number of services and activities, such as restaurants and
grocery stores, that can be reached by walking in a certain amount of time,
and produces colored maps which show the results for different
neighborhoods. 

 

"Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic
Congestion" (http://www.nber.org/papers/w18757 ). This study analyzed
transit commuting impacts on roadway congestion. It found that transit
riders tend to travel on congested urban corridors, and so tend to have
affect roadway congestion far more than suggested by overall mode share.
This was tested by analyzing the effects of the 2003 Los Angeles transit
workers strike, which caused a 47% increase in highway delay. 

 

"Exploring the Relationship between Travel Demand and Economic Growth"
(http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/otps/pubs/vmt_gdp/vmt_gdp.pdf ). This report
presents research which indicates "decoupling" the relationship between
vehicle travel and economic growth. 

 

"When the Road Price is Right: Land Use, Tolls, and Congestion Pricing"
(http://www.uli.org/infrastructure-initiative/when-the-road-price-is-right
).  

This report by the Urban Land Institute investigates how tolling and
congestion pricing will interact with land use. It includes case studies
that illustrate the policy options for managing travel reliability, traffic
volume, travel speeds, and revenue targets, and for integrating tolling and
transit service. 

 

"Transportation Energy Futures"
(http://www1.eere.energy.gov/analysis/transportationenergyfutures ).  This
U.S. Department of Energy study evaluates potential transportation energy
conservation strategies. However, it uses very low fuel price elasticities
which tends to exaggerate the benefits of increased fuel efficiency and
undervalue transportation demand management strategies, as discussed in my
recently published article, "Comprehensive Evaluation Of Energy Conservation
And Emission Reduction Policies" (http://www.vtpi.org/comp_em_eval.pdf ).

 

"Enhancing Resource Coordination for Multi-Modal Evacuation Planning"
(http://www.utrc2.org/publications/multi-modal-evacuation-planning-final ).
This research addresses the challenges of effectively incorporating
multi-modalism into local emergency plans by enhancing transportation
resource coordination. 

                 *    *    *    *    *

 

Please let us know if you have comments or questions about any information
in this newsletter, or if you would like to be removed from our email list.
And please pass this newsletter on to others who may find it useful.

 

Sincerely,
Todd Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute ( <http://www.vtpi.org> www.vtpi.org)
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facebook.com/todd.litman
Phone & Fax 250-360-1560
1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"

 



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Cowtown vs. Corporate City? Weird Wins….

Richard Risemberg — 2013-05-02T20:26:40

We have a new article from publisher Eric Miller on Sustainable City News today, looking at the rivalry between linked Texas cities Dallas and Ft. Worth, who bicker over livability while the real winner in the state is…Austin!

http://t.co/ZHwMBXMypd

There's a number of new blog entires you can catch up on while you're there, and of course our extensive archives of articles on city living, food, neighborhoods, development, and more.

Sustainable City News:

http://www.SustainableCityNews.com

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Enrique Peñalosa on the Next American City

Richard Risemberg — 2013-05-02T14:44:48

Good article by Enrique Peñalosa on the necessary transformation of city-building in the US. He focuses on restricting cars and building networks of bike/ped only greenways, supplemented by bus and tram routes. Favorite quote: 


http://t.co/u5Tr2lMgYe

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Great Adaptive Re-Use of Old Gas Station

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-29T03:59:23

This is the o\the sort of thing we should do with all that carchitecture that clutters the landscape: a defunct service station has been gussied up with some shipping containers made into offices and stores to become a co-working, retail, and event space:

http://www.riversideservicestation.com

Haven't been there yet (though there was a bicycle event there yesterday), but the pix look pretty good.

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Driving, Parking, & Cash

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-24T20:16:25

From Streetsblog, via Project for Public Spaces:

"Colleges Save Millions By Embracing Policies to Reduce Driving"

http://ht.ly/ko1Hu

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Denmark's bicycle highways a hit

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-22T18:48:38

Denmark's experimental bicycle highway is a hit, and more are planned:

http://t.co/ns23cGUeBy

Other Northern European countries are also establishing these premium cycling facilities.

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Unburnable reserves

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-20T04:42:23

The tone of this article (on how fossil fuel reserves owned by corporations could become "unburnable" with CO2 limits "which are sure ot be breached") is discouraging, but it's worth reading anyway. Got to know the kinds of minds we're dealing with.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22211664

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Car-light Infill Proposal

chbuckeye — 2013-04-17T20:08:46

Interesting proposal for car-light development could easily be adapted to be substantially carfree.  Long posting with many illustrative photos, but overall excellent in concept and does a great job of stepping through the process.

http://www.andrewalexanderprice.com/blog20130330.php

In LIght of Boston

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-17T14:33:42

Beautiful closing statement on security from a Massachusetts cyclist who rode the Boston Marathon route the night before the race:


The article:

http://t.co/hgZsnloAgC

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It's the Consumption, Stupid!

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-12T14:30:24

Excellent Monbiot article on the "elephant in the bedroom" issue of consumerism as a pillar of unsustainability:

http://t.co/a9GFEEmTzR

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Help a bicycle activist with only a quick click!

Jason Meggs ~ VOTE4ME! — 2013-04-10T21:55:52

Dear Friend,

I wonder if you can take a couple minutes to help me with a special request. I'd really really like to be able to go to the biggest international bike policy & planning conference in the world. I've even been asked to speak there. But unlike the carfree cities conferences I've helped produce, it's very expensive. Fortunately, they created a contest, and at least 30 of the favorite projects and ideas will win free tickets.

I've organized some friends and submitted four projects we hope to see recognized. All you need to do for us is to enter an email on a project page, and then click the link they send you. It's anonymous and the email is only used for verification. You can vote for AS MANY PROJECTS AS YOU WANT, and I encourage you to see what other projects you might like as well!

Please vote for these! Our projects include, in order of importance for your support:

        1) A design and policy guide for making campuses more bicycle friendly,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=246

        2) A survey method that will help even activists and volunteers to quickly fill the 
           data gaps that can keep bicycling from moving forward in their city,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=258 

        3) A computer program that makes it much faster to gather detailed bicycle data,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=261

        4) A fun idea to explore the best way to build a bicycle network in Venice, using 
           floating paths, so boats and bikes can both share the quickest paths through the city,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=268

Please "vote" if you can and please share this with your friends! And if you'd like to see all the projects in the two categories we've entered (again, you can support as many as you want), check out:

Category 1: Science, Research and Development (our projects 2 & 3):
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=1

Category 2: Urban Planning and Urban Design (our projects 1 & 4):
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=2

Please also visit www.eschercity.com/who-we-are, our growing team of green city designers, engineers, public health professionals and planners that are working on these and other projects.

You probably know that I donate hundreds, sometimes thousands, of hours a year to the cause of bicycling and healthier, more sustainable, more equitable cities. If you live in California in particular, you've probably benefited from state legislation I championed to passage, and any number of other policy and infrastructure improvements, the Bike Station, access to bridges and public transport, as well as cultural events like the international bike film festival, critical mass events, and simply fighting for our rights to ride.

If something happened to you on a bicycle, and you asked me for help, chances are I would do whatever I could, whatever it takes, to help you get justice. So I hope you can spend a minute or two to support these ideas if you like them!

THANK YOU!!!
Jason Meggs

      ...from Bologna, Italia ~~ dove usare una bicicletta Ã¨ come battaglia midieval...

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Help a bicycle activist with only a quick click!

Jason Meggs ~ VOTE4ME! — 2013-04-10T21:55:52

Dear Friend,

I wonder if you can take a couple minutes to help me with a special request. I'd really really like to be able to go to the biggest international bike policy & planning conference in the world. I've even been asked to speak there. But unlike the carfree cities conferences I've helped produce, it's very expensive. Fortunately, they created a contest, and at least 30 of the favorite projects and ideas will win free tickets.

I've organized some friends and submitted four projects we hope to see recognized. All you need to do for us is to enter an email on a project page, and then click the link they send you. It's anonymous and the email is only used for verification. You can vote for AS MANY PROJECTS AS YOU WANT, and I encourage you to see what other projects you might like as well!

Please vote for these! Our projects include, in order of importance for your support:

        1) A design and policy guide for making campuses more bicycle friendly,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=246

        2) A survey method that will help even activists and volunteers to quickly fill the 
           data gaps that can keep bicycling from moving forward in their city,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=258 

        3) A computer program that makes it much faster to gather detailed bicycle data,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=261

        4) A fun idea to explore the best way to build a bicycle network in Venice, using 
           floating paths, so boats and bikes can both share the quickest paths through the city,
           http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=268

Please "vote" if you can and please share this with your friends! And if you'd like to see all the projects in the two categories we've entered (again, you can support as many as you want), check out:

Category 1: Science, Research and Development (our projects 2 & 3):
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=1

Category 2: Urban Planning and Urban Design (our projects 1 & 4):
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=2

Please also visit www.eschercity.com/who-we-are, our growing team of green city designers, engineers, public health professionals and planners that are working on these and other projects.

You probably know that I donate hundreds, sometimes thousands, of hours a year to the cause of bicycling and healthier, more sustainable, more equitable cities. If you live in California in particular, you've probably benefited from state legislation I championed to passage, and any number of other policy and infrastructure improvements, the Bike Station, access to bridges and public transport, as well as cultural events like the international bike film festival, critical mass events, and simply fighting for our rights to ride.

If something happened to you on a bicycle, and you asked me for help, chances are I would do whatever I could, whatever it takes, to help you get justice. So I hope you can spend a minute or two to support these ideas if you like them!

THANK YOU!!!
Jason Meggs

      ...from Bologna, Italia ~~ dove usare una bicicletta Ã¨ come battaglia midieval...

---
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Modernism and its failures in sustainability

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-10T02:37:34

Intriguing article further explores a recent conundrum: why new LEED structuress often score so poorly in sustainability analyses, while older buildings succeed: 

http://t.co/dtS5pB9Ne4

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It's the consumption, stupid!

Richard Risemberg — 2013-04-09T02:40:54

Excellent article on "green illusions" about electric cars, green energy, and our attachment to a high-consumption lifestyle that is not sustainable:

http://t.co/d4eIG23IJp

Rick
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Cycling Visionaries Awards

Jason Meggs — 2013-04-04T18:37:07

Dear Carfree Cities advocates,

An impressive international contest is underway, the Cycling Visionaries
Awards, a project of this year's Velo-City Global conference conveners. The
contest is now closed, but saw a rapid submission of many ideas and
projects at the finale, reaching some 216 entries!

http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762
<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2249>
Worth taking a look at all the creativity and initiative out there. You can
vote for all you want (once each)! Just takes a quick entry of a primary
email and then click the link they send (emails won't be used for anything
but the verification).

Winners receive a free pass to the Velo-City Global conference in Vienna,
June 11-14 (about $1050 at the moment!) and recognition and spreading of
their ideas. There will be at least 30 winners in five categories:

   - Advocacy and Social
Projects<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=5>


   - Science, Research and
Development<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=1>


   - Design, Fashion and Cycling
Equipment<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=3>


   - Urban Planning and Urban
Design<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=2>


   - Cycling and the Arts<http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2762&category_id=4>


What would you dream of? :)

In motion,
Jason

p.s.Vote for us!

Colleagues and I submitted four projects we're working on, including a
design and policy manual for campuses; a means of rapidly collecting
qualitative data on passing cyclists; a low-cost survey method to obtain
modeshare and more; and a fanciful inquiry into the potential for a
floating bikeways network in Vienna (hey, and it wouldn't flood!). Your
support is welcome. Please vote for all of them if you can, and help send a
carfree cities true believer booster to the biggest bicycle planning &
policy conference in the world. :)
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=246
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=258
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=261
http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=268
\_  that last one is Venice, it would be interesting to hear discussion
about the compatibility of bikes and Venice as it's such an inspiration for
carfree cities ideas.

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University of Bologna
DICAM - Transportation Engineering Group
Viale Risorgimento, 2
40136 Bologna, Italy

Office: +39 051 209 3338
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Blog: http://meggsreport.com/
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USA Phone: +1 510-725-9991

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"Money for costly roadwork would be better spent on transit"

Richard Risemberg — 2013-03-29T15:46:34

Great article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. A quote:


The link:

http://t.co/N8gvshYOo7

Rick
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Protecting cyclists in California

Richard Risemberg — 2013-03-27T00:23:23

If you are a Californian and interested in establishing a safe-passing law to help protect people using bicycles on the state's roads, please sign our petition on SignOn.org:

http://signon.org/sign/three-feet-please

Nineteen US states have so far passed such a law. Our legislature has also twice passed one, but Gov. Brown has vetoed the law both times.

There is a brief explanation on the petition page.

A law requiring motorists to pass cyclists at a safe distance would help in our current efforts to expand travel choices beyond the car-only option so common in California.

Thank you,

Rick
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The hundred-mile circle

Richard Risemberg — 2013-03-25T16:33:36

To shrink your carbon footprint, shrink your travel radius--and expand your life:

http://t.co/dYxRtYvVaX

Rick
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From Aesop to Apple

Richard Risemberg — 2013-03-24T14:37:10

Are we crowding out the world with our gadgets and gluttony? Superb essay from Edward Hoagland:

http://t.co/Sz8fNUc0PK
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