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Nov 20
How Free is Your Parking? : Here is a great video I found via our friends over at Streetsblog.org. It was produced in Australia, but the effects of minimum parking requirements on urban areas are truly global in scope....
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Nov 18
The Illusive Dream of Modern American Rail : For a total of 7 minutes train geeks can rejoice while riding Amtrak’s Acela Express glides at 150 mph in America’s northeast corridor....
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Nov 13
China FAQs: Cities and Transport : The World Resources Institute yesterday released a new English-language Web site, ChinaFAQs.org, dedicated to answering questions about climate change and energy in China....
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Nov 12
The End of the American Exurbs and the Death of Sprawl? : It’s a common refrain among Smart Growth advocates across the United States that goes something like this: “The fallout from the economic crisis is hitting far out suburban and exurban communities muc...
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Nov 7
Update on EcoCity World Summit : As a follow-up post to our initial announcement of the Ecocity World Summit in Istanbul, scheduled for December 13-15, here are a few links to stories from the Ecocity Media website you may enjoy: Ke...
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Nov 7
Towards a More Sustainable Jakarta : Jakarta is the world’s sixth most populous metropolitan area....
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Nov 2
What’s Schipper Saying? “Very Little Energy Savings Per Car Clunked” : Welcome to our first weekly installment of “What’s Schipper Saying?”, a “Where’s Waldo”-esque online scavenger hunt of comments about sustainable transport, cities and fuel efficiency made by EMBARQ F...
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Nov 2
“Historic” International Day of Climate Action : Apparently 350.org’s October 24th International Day of Climate Action was a huge success and a historic day for climate activism across the globe....
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Oct 29
U.S. Senate Climate Hearings – Will Washington Champion Sustainable Transportation? : “the science is screaming at us to take action” ~Senator John Kerry Today is the second installment of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee’s three-day legislative hearing on the Cl...
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Oct 26
Google Maps Takes on Sustainable Mobility : Considering a company whose mission is to “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” I think it’s safe to say that Google’s map division has met and exceeded...
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Oct 26
U.S. Colleges Score Big on Sustainable Transportation : Is the recession putting the brakes on sustainable transportation projects? Not at colleges and universities, it seems....
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