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Aug. 26, 2008 / Gordon Price

Where Oil Will Go

Here’s a quote from a California candidate for Congress: Just because oil is found on American soil, does not make…
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Aug. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

Quote

Oil is the source of the power of our enemies, and the enemies of democracy and peace. Until we shift…
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Aug. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

Another City, Another Passerelle

This time it’s Singapore that’s building a low-level pedestrian bridge at Marina Bay: The design is by the Cox Group…
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Aug. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

Summer Streets in New York

Summer Streets in NYC From the New York Times: On a path that extended from the Brooklyn Bridge north to…
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Aug. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Must-hear Lecture: Gil Penalosa

Walking, Bicycling and Public Spaces: Lessons from Bogota and Beyond  An evening with Gil Peñalosa August 20, 7 pm, SFU…
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Aug. 02, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Stone Story: Our transportation history

John Stone, a newly minted PhD at the University of Melbourne, just sent along his finished thesis: Political factors in…
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Aug. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Car-Free Day, the Video

The West End – June 15, 2008:…
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Jul. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

How the streets were made safe for cars

Peter Norton, Historian of technology, engineering and society at the University of Virginia: A hundred years ago of course roads…
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Jul. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Triple-Witching Hour

This just in from Rick Cole, the City Manager of Ventura, California – and one of the most articulate voices…
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Jun. 27, 2008 / Gordon Price

Explain to me again: Why are we building Gateway?

From the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: We stand at a turning point for US transport. Real gasoline prices have…
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Jun. 26, 2008 / Gordon Price

Cycling Round-up

A few items on cycling during Bike-to-Work week. First up, if you missed John Pucher’s great talk – Cycling for Everyone:…
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Jun. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Bridge Too Low?

Yet another starchiect – Zaha Hadid – doing yet another pedestrian bridge (or passerelle, as the French call them), this…
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Jun. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

From Car-Free to Car-Free

I’m preparing for the Car-Free Cities conference in Portland all this week.  Given current events, it should be quite a…
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Jun. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

L.A. Traffic: Not bad enough

I have read (though I can’t find the source) that the maximum length of a commute is forty minutes.  Any…

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