http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3837 <pre>Dear All, Just wanted to share some good news with you about a campaign that some of you might remember: Zelena akcija and Right to the City's 'Varsavska' campaign where we tried to stop the construction of a shopping centre, luxury flats, underground car park and especially the ramp into the car park that took away some of Zagreb's small pedestrian zone in the city centre. The main part of the campaign ended in Spring 2011 when the shopping centre and car park opened. Although we didn't win that battle, both the shopping centre and the car park were smaller than they were originally planned to be, partly thanks to our activities. But as a result of the campaign the city assembly asked for changes to the General Urban Plan of the city to make sure that such a project would never happen again (this was important as several similar projects were planned in the city centre). This has taken ages to actually happen and as yesterday was the last sitting of the City Assembly before the local electio</pre> Pippa Gallop 2013-03-22T12:28:33 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3834 <pre>Great work, Joel! I love the new channel! The Venice life videos are a great new addition, a nice gentle approach to imparting ideas and impressions. The "gritty details" of the carfree cities concept is also excellent. I found it took only a minute or two to create a Vimeo account and then "like" all the videos, plus click the "Follow" box to become a follower of the carfree channel. It's very speedy! Everyone: I encourage you to do the same, to help get more attention on this quintessential concept. And, obviously, "share" widely. Please do! Jason On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:18 PM, J.H. Crawford &lt;mailbox-WdiPhmTxsBdBDgjK7y7TUQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: </pre> Jason Meggs 2013-03-06T11:15:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3821 <pre>Dear Carbusting WCNers, WCN-loving Carbusters, and bulletin readers! As those of you following the bulletin - monthly carfree newsletter - should have read earlier, there was a decision made late last year to combine the Bulletin with Carbusters, and have both work in a combo way, on website and electronic distribution (with the possibility for local printing by interested orgs). Since then, an editors email group was started, to oversee this project. Yet precious little else has happened. I have come to realize that even on the editors group there are not a lot of people with lots of time on their hands, and I now see that more people will be needed who are enthusiastic, can at least commit to a certain (not huge, but useful) amount of time, and then work towards the goal. However, under the current conditions, I can not foresee myself mostly single-handedly bringing this CB-Bulletin joining/transformation about. Without additional help, i could at most agree to put out a simple bulletin, as earlier, on a</pre> Justin Hyatt 2013-02-18T20:57:06 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3818 <pre>Well our letter to the EC on rail cuts didn't get much coverage, but at least it has been mentioned twice in European Voice, which for those of you outside the EU is a pretty important Brussels-based publication. We've had a holding reply from the Transport Commissioner but nothing else yet so Simon and I will soon take follow-up steps. All the best, Pippa http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/get-cross-border-rail-back-on-track/76298.aspx Get cross-border rail back on track By Dave Keating - Today, 03:35 CET The scrapping of classic train services in favour of high-speed, more expensive alternatives is a problem happening all over Europe Members of the Dutch national parliament joined their Belgian colleagues in Brussels on Monday (28 January) to interrogate railway bosses about the spectacular collapse of the high-speed Fyra train service between the two countries that had been launched on 9 December. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Dutch MPs decided to drive rather than take the train</pre> Pippa Gallop 2013-01-31T10:03:57 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3814 <pre>Hi all, Daniel Mourek brought this to my attention: http://energyindemand.com/2012/12/19/pollution-from-cars-is-devastating/ It paints a very bleak picture of what pollution is doing in China and India due to the staggering number of new cars that are hitting the roads. The story even quotes Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, saying that cars should curbed. Should WCN reach out to IPCC? Is there anyone in India still active? I'm thinking of Kalpesh Kirti of Greenmile Foundation or Faizan Jawed, last on the Steering Committee, or Rajendra Ravi, from an environmental NGO, or others. In any case, this demands action. Justin </pre> Justin Hyatt 2012-12-20T16:15:17 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3812 <pre> Don’t Let The EU Parliament Ignore 100 Million Cyclists This Tuesday, the European Parliament will decide if billions will be made available for cycling infrastructure and EuroVelo. ECF and its members are calling upon the cycling world to make their voice heard by putting pressure on the Parliament’s Transport Committee. There are 35 million daily cyclists in Europe. There are more than 100 million Europeans that cycle regularly. The European Institutions however are failing to take cycling seriously as a mode of Transport. Strategic EU documents keep failing to mention cycling and it is at risk of being sidelined by more powerful lobby interests. It’s Time For This To Change Important budgets are being decided between now and 2014. Please spread the word among the members of the network !. Milan Boric Secretary of presidency Yugo Cycling Campaign www.bicikl.info Member of: European Cyclists' Federation World Carfree Network </pre> Milan Boric 2012-12-14T14:11:03 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3808 <pre>Berlin, 7 December 2012. As new rail timetables come into effect across Europe this Sunday, the World Carfree Network has issued an open letter to the European Commission warning of the increasingly drastic cuts to EU cross-border passenger rail services, and calling for immediate action to maximise rail's potential and reach the EU's own transport and climate policy goals. This weekend all direct trains between Barcelona and Milan and Zurich, Bucharest and Belgrade, and Brussels and The Hague will be lost, while severe cuts will affect other international routes to/from: Belgium (23 trains), Bosnia (all except 2 to Croatia cut), Croatia (34 out of 56 international trains cut or part-cut) and Serbia (14 out of 24 international trains to other capital cities cut). These new blows to cross-border rail come on top of cuts in recent years that have already seen the loss of all international passenger trains to and from Greece, together with all direct trains – among others – from Brussels </pre> Simon Field 2012-12-07T07:34:02 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3803 <pre> VIEW IT IN YOUR BROWSER &lt;http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/nov_12.html&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bulletin logo World Carfree News #98 - November/December 2012 - English Version ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WCN facebook &lt;http://www.facebook.com/worldcarfreenetwork&gt;WCN youtube &lt;http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCarfreeNetwork&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTATION OF THE MONTH ""There is a discernible change in attitude from the motorists' lobby as well, with the president of the Automobile Association (the other AA) reminding cyclists "to be more vigilant particularly when pulling out of entrances and turning at junctions" before calling for motorists to rethink "the 'two-tribe' mentality on the roads and co-exist in harmony." These may only be words but they are surely a sign of the times when they come from the president of the largest car club</pre> World Carfree Monthly News 2012-11-26T16:38:33 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3798 <pre>Hi All, To update you on our activities around Croatian Railways, we got information from Croatian Railways today that the day train Zagreb-Sarajevo-Ploce will run next year after all. So now 24-26 of the current 56 trains will run next year (one pair only in summer) and 30 will be cut. Most of the ones to be cut are local lines and we have contacted local mayors to see if there is any interest on their side in saving these cross-border connections. I'll keep you updated. Thanks to all the people who've signed and spread the petition - although we've heard that some of the changes are most likely as a result of pressure from governments in the neighbouring countries, our petition has provided what was quite possibly the first sign ever that the general public in Croatia and other countries will actually notice if Croatian Railways cuts its train services, and I'm sure it has contributed to the decisions. Soon we will be coming up with some activities on the European level too, as the problem </pre> Pippa Gallop 2012-11-09T23:12:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3797 <pre>Hi Everybody. Thanks for your thoughts on the links between environmentalism and carism. After some thought and questions I've decided on a course of action and would like some help. I'd like to create a cheat-sheet on what is wrong with cars. By this I mean to generate a list of blanket statements like "cars emit greenhouse gases," "cars release oil into storm sewers," "cars are responsible for increased hospital costs." And on and on... Each blanket statement would be a link. Each link would point to a page of links detailing information on that statement. I'd like feedback on the idea itself and also methods of construction. The purpose of the cheat-sheet would be a starting point in conversationwith environmentalists and climate "experts" who refuse to reject car culture. My background has little to do with research; I'm willing but not practiced at this. I find people pointing me toward books and I see a problem: a link that points to a book title will go nowhere. S</pre> Robert Dierker 2012-10-31T17:34:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3796 <pre>Looks awful.... http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/greens-rap-commission-report-lac-news-515908 Good opportunity for media work if anyone has the capacity? EXCLUSIVE: The EU pledges funding worth billions of euros to the automotive industry up 2020 in a leaked draft of its cars strategy, to be presented today (8 November). The new strategy comes amid a wave of announced factory closures and lay-offs in the sector but was criticised by Green activists for lacking ambition on C0_2 emission cuts. Antonio Tajani, EU Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, is due to present the 'Cars 2020' strategy to reporters on Thursday (8 November). In the draft document, seen by EurActiv, the EU executive says it intends to support the growth of the automotive sector into 20% of European GDP by 2020, from its current level of 16%, laying out a number of financing mechanisms for the sector. The document earmarks a share of the planned EUR80 billion 'Horizon 2020' research and innovation fund a</pre> Pippa Gallop 2012-11-08T09:39:18 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3783 <pre>Of course we know the intense negative effects of cars and especially too many cars. We find the best changes come from putting forward positive, fun, alternative scenarios. For instance, with the right clothes, it is really amazing to bicycle and walk in very cold weather, like we have here in Missoula, Montana. We are a top ten American city for bicycling, despite the cold and snow. It is invigorating and keeps the heart pumping. We have a good transit system, and some car-share too (for those that need it). Cities are being rebuilt and reimagined every day. Let's keep up the efforts for healthy, prosperous, walkable and bikable communities. </pre> Bob Giordano 2012-10-17T17:53:13 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3776 <pre>Hello. I volunteer for several environmental groups in Vancouver Canada. One thing they seem to have in common is a belief that the use of cars is a necessary evil within their organizations. I can send many examples, if requested, but I'm sure you've all seen it. Canada and the US are stuck in a well orchestrated car culture - no doubt about it - and the natural resources of Canada are now hijacked by foreign corporate giants. Their government lobby efforts and PR machines are in full force here. My great concern, now, is that our new batch of young environmentalists can't leave their cars behind. This is not particularly new, but seems to be more pronounced than it used to be. Our environmental movements can't move forward with this kind of base line. I have no particular influence within Vancouver's environmental movement, however I want to affect this one component of change: I want these groups to weigh the value of each member's opinion and motivation with respect to </pre> Robert Dierker 2012-10-12T19:41:49 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3774 <pre>Dear Friends, /(Hrvatski dolje)/ Every year, thousands of people come from other European countries to Croatia's beautiful coast for holidays by train or use the train to visit their relatives and friends. But as of December this year, cross-border train travel to and from Croatia is about to get a whole lot more difficult: Croatian Railways has announced http://www.hznet.hr/medunarodni-prijevoz that it is to cut 44 out of 56 daily international services, and even two of the remaining ones would run in summer only. Rail is the most environmentally acceptable mode of long-distance transport, with relatively low pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In Europe many people also consider it a pleasant and comfortable way to travel. It is therefore not surprising that the European Union -- which Croatia is joining next year -- has a transport policy stipulating that by 2050 most medium-distance passenger travel should be by rail. It is ironic that, at a time when Croatia is joining the EU, its ra</pre> Pippa Gallop 2012-10-01T19:33:44 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3772 <pre>Dear friends, The September issue of World Carfree News is out! This announcement is intended to serve all those people who have trouble reading or receiving the html version. You may read the new issue online here: http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/sept_12.html &lt;http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/summer_12.html&gt; Best regards, Justin World Carfree News is published once a month by World Carfree Network. To unsubscribe, send an email to: &lt;world-carfree-news_eng-unsubscribe-3hfIC0tI0F+k/GrYEfjPQg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt;-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World Carfree Network" group. To post to this group, send email to carfree_network-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Replies are sent to the author of the message. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to carfree_network-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/carfree_network?hl=en?hl=en</pre> World Carfree Monthly News 2012-09-25T14:37:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3771 <pre> VIEW IT IN YOUR BROWSER &lt;http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/sept_12.html&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bulletin logo World Carfree News #97 - September 2012 - English Version ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WCN facebook &lt;http://www.facebook.com/worldcarfreenetwork&gt;WCN youtube &lt;http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCarfreeNetwork&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTATION OF THE MONTH ""Critical Mass was born 20 years ago among dozens of people in San Francisco and has reproduced itself in over 350 cities around the world thanks to the diligent efforts of countless thousands across the planet." Chris Carlsson, co-founder of Critical Mass, has reflected on the phenomenon twenty years later, as well as spearheaded an effort to provide a worthy glance at the achievements gained in the new book (presented below). This quote is excerpted from "Ruminations of an acci</pre> World Carfree Monthly News 2012-09-25T14:35:28 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3770 <pre> Pre-World Carfree News #97 - September 2012 - Announcement [image: facebook]&lt;http://www.facebook.com/worldcarfreenetwork&gt; [image: youtube] &lt;http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCarfreeNetwork&gt; Pre-World Carfree News Announcement Dear friends! For the month of September, we are looking forward to your assorted news and announcements from the world of carfree life and progressive mobility. Any interesting stories, video links, reports etc. are most welcome! PHOTOS &gt;&gt; Please send any photos that pertain to a particular news item. Other, unrelated photos may also be submitted, and these might be included as well. Interesting graphics may also be submitted. *VIDEOS *linked through a website are also welcome. Looking forward to hear about your fun summer events that we can include! Keep in mind that there will be no August edition, therefore events can be listed through early September. Please send any information prior to the release date, set at *Wednesday*, September 1</pre> World Carfree News 2012-09-06T11:35:56 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3768 <pre>Neat to see some of the old activists commiserating about the lack of carfree cities interest. It's a heavy lift and hard to be advocating for a message not many people in the community one happens to be in are interested in because they have already accepted life with a car. I've found a manageable spot for me in SoCal I believe-- living outside (without a home) in the open space near UCSB (Isla Vista / Goleta). And not living there continually-- but able to travel when I like -- working for an outdoor education company leading camp-like programs in parks, lodges, and even islands and rivers in or near CA. While also exploring other areas of the country and world and companies with similar work. Such as leading sailing trips in the San Juan Islands last summer. This winter I may finally get further than 116km into Baja. I'd be curious to hear the thoughts of activists (or former activists) in NYC, SF BAY, Portland, Seattle where bicycling, walkable cities activism, city-repair-type activism has been bigg</pre> Colin Leath 2012-07-26T23:55:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3767 <pre>Dear friends, The Summer issue of World Carfree News is out! This announcement is intended to serve all those people who have trouble reading or receiving the html version. You may read the new issue online here: http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/summer_12.html Best regards, Justin </pre> World Carfree News 2012-07-26T12:22:53 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3766 <pre> VIEW IT IN YOUR BROWSER &lt;http://worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archives/summer_12.html&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bulletin logo World Carfree News #96 - Summer 2012 - English Version ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WCN facebook &lt;http://www.facebook.com/worldcarfreenetwork&gt;WCN youtube &lt;http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCarfreeNetwork&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTATION OF THE MONTH ""We really need to have more truth of the costs reflected in transport" said Dirk Flege, general director of Allianz pro Schiene. "It should not be that precisely those transport users with the worst ecological record and the highest running costs should be subsidised by the general population." The German organisation Allianz pro Schiene is calling for an extension of lorry taxes, as European regulations now allow for the assigning of external costs to the polluters, yet such a m</pre> World Carfree Monthly News 2012-07-26T12:15:57 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network/3765 <pre> Pre-World Carfree News #96 - July 2012 - Announcement [image: facebook] &lt;http://www.facebook.com/worldcarfreenetwork&gt; [image: youtube] &lt;http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCarfreeNetwork&gt; Pre-World Carfree News Announcement Dear friends! For the summer month of July, we are looking forward to your assorted news and announcements from the world of carfree life and progressive mobility. Any interesting stories, video links, reports etc. are most welcome! PHOTOS &gt;&gt; Please send any photos that pertain to a particular news item. Other, unrelated photos may also be submitted, and these might be included as well. Interesting graphics may also be submitted. *VIDEOS *linked through a website are also welcome. Looking forward to hear about your fun summer events that we can include! Keep in mind that there will be no August edition, therefore events can be listed through early September. Please send any information prior to the release date, set at *Friday*, July</pre> World Carfree News 2012-07-09T12:45:51 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.politics.activism.carfree-network