carless
11-01-05, 10:06 PM
Please share your best car free links:
Philosophy/
Jane Holtz Kay, an author, journalist and architecture critic for The Nation, has written widely on the built and natural environment. Her books include Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take it Back, Preserving New England and Lost Boston.
http://www.janeholtzkay.com/index.html
Do you truly need a car to bring home a bag of potting soil? Or a length of carpet? Or your child?
An individualized website w/ a small focus on Portland. Be sure to check out Bike Schlepping!
http://yourbodypower.org./
NYC Political
http://www.cars-suck.org/
James Howard Kunstler
Author of The Geography of Nowhere. There are several threads on BF
http://www.kunstler.com/index.html
Macro-petrochemical-war, deeeeeeep stuff/ no fluff w/ Jan Lundberg
http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php
New Urbanism/ Neighborhood focus:
"Rule out any project that is gated, that lacks sidewalks, or that have a tree-like street system, rather than a grid network. The project as a whole should connect well with surrounding neighborhoods, developments, or towns, while also protecting regional open space."
Here is a page of interesting links, I don't have time to peruse now.
Comments? I am doing the Amazon thing again soon, I need the books mentioned in BF- Thanks everyone.
Philosophy/
Jane Holtz Kay, an author, journalist and architecture critic for The Nation, has written widely on the built and natural environment. Her books include Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take it Back, Preserving New England and Lost Boston.
http://www.janeholtzkay.com/index.html
Do you truly need a car to bring home a bag of potting soil? Or a length of carpet? Or your child?
An individualized website w/ a small focus on Portland. Be sure to check out Bike Schlepping!
http://yourbodypower.org./
NYC Political
http://www.cars-suck.org/
James Howard Kunstler
Author of The Geography of Nowhere. There are several threads on BF
http://www.kunstler.com/index.html
Macro-petrochemical-war, deeeeeeep stuff/ no fluff w/ Jan Lundberg
http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php
New Urbanism/ Neighborhood focus:
"Rule out any project that is gated, that lacks sidewalks, or that have a tree-like street system, rather than a grid network. The project as a whole should connect well with surrounding neighborhoods, developments, or towns, while also protecting regional open space."
Here is a page of interesting links, I don't have time to peruse now.
Comments? I am doing the Amazon thing again soon, I need the books mentioned in BF- Thanks everyone.