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Old 05-10-2009, 02:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Looking for Car-free infrastructure and living bloggers

Hi EcoModders,

I'm taking over a blog, and looking for some people interested in writing for it. The topic is car-free living and city design and those sorts of issues.

You can check it out at carectomy.com to see the types of things it deals with, but I might want to take a different direction with it.

Anyway, if you're interested send me a PM and we'll talk over all the issues that go with it. Thanks for your interest.


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Old 05-11-2009, 05:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Aww, come on. No interest? I promise it'll be a good time.
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Old 05-11-2009, 11:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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A lot of very interesting plans have existed for many years, but the many people interested are "car-light" or a promoting car sharing or rentals. An ultimate paradise of surrounding railways for food delivery and clusters of buildings without a car in sight would be heavenly, but has remained a dream.

And if I mention my micro-car, or my Aspire; I can practically hear the screams through my computer (traitor!!! hypocrite!!! what are you doing in this group? - and so on).
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Old 05-12-2009, 12:03 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Well, think of it this way:

I own it, but I also run several auto enthusiast sites
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Old 05-12-2009, 12:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Quote:
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I own it, but I also run several auto enthusiast sites
hmm.... schizoautophrenic? Just ran across this car-free tid-bit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/sc...h2YHrvPk/bhSLw
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Old 05-13-2009, 05:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 05-16-2009, 07:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Good idea.

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Old 05-16-2009, 10:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I have always been interested in the carfree topic. Especially on the city development side. Here is a few bookmarks I had. It is nothing great I will be able to come up with more later.


The Year of Living Car-lessly Experiment — Sightline Daily - Northwest News that Matters

Carfree Cities: Carfree Times

Living Car Free - Bike Forums
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I find the idea of car-free cities interesting, but impractical. While I was in college, I went car-light as long as there was no snow on the ground. Now that I'm required to arrive at work looking professional, taking the bike is more hassle than it's worth.

I still make good use of my bike and its saddlebags, but I'm not really car-light anymore. I guess that's why I ecodrive and ecomod. Still, if the site had info about cycling advocacy, and how to encourage public funding of bike friendly roads and paths, I'd read it.

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