[sustran] Re: [carfree_network] Re: RE: Pollution in Paris... from Bicycles

[Pascal van den Noort]

Hi Todd,

 

You will realize that I disagree with all the ideological stuff you wrote. I
am happy that you agree with my energy saving analyses.

I am curious about possible other possible positions.

 

In the meantime I give you this Velo Mondial initiative: 

Amsterdam never used cycling and cycling planning as a means of cleaning the
air in the city. European measures now oblige Amsterdam to act. With the
introduction of a 'Main
<http://velomondial.blogspot.com/2007/10/main-network-emission-free-traffic.
html>  Network for Emission Free Traffic' , modes of transport that do not
emit, like electric cars, bike taxis, Segways, roller skates, skeelers and
bicycles, will get an improved and much wider space (8 meters) to move fast
in the city. As a consequence car lanes will have to be taken out to allow
for emission free lanes to be built....... Provided the City Council accepts
these plans.

Read more:
http://velomondial.blogspot.com/2007/10/main-network-emission-free-traffic.h
tml 

 

Pascal J.W. van den Noort

Executive Director Velo Mondial

 

Velo Mondial's Blog 

 

 

 

www.velomondial.net  

www.velo.info 

http://spicycles.velo.info

operations at velomondial.net   

+31206270675 landline 

+31627055688 mobile phone

 

 

 

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory [mailto:edelman at greenidea.info] 
Verzonden: zondag 7 oktober 2007 23:26
Aan: Pascal van den Noort
CC: 'Global 'South' Sustainable Transport'; 'Vojtech Toman';
petr.stepanek at cityofprague.cz; 'SFBIKE List List'; 'WCN list'; 'Michal
Krivohlavek, Auto*Mat'; 'martin Marecek'; 'craig baldwin'; 'Ondrej Velek';
office at ecf.com
Onderwerp: [carfree_network] Re: RE: Pollution in Paris... from Bicycles

 

Hi Pascal,

 

I suppose I agree with you about the energy issue. I agree with you that 

the cycling part of this programme is amazing.

 

But if a programme like this is so important to a city why do deals have 

to made that create other types of pollution, which cannot be balanced 

against the energy reduction in transport? What about the content of the 

billboards themselves?

 

I hope that every true colour in our rainbow of sustainability remembers 

what solidarity means.

 

I hope that you also understand how closely tied together is mass 

advertising and mass automobilisation.... cars are a big part of this 

image war. BMW sponsoring VeloCity in Munich... four car companies 

sponsoring the biggest consortium of Central, Eastern and Southeastern 

European environmental foundations (one intermediary away from World 

Carfree Network)... Shell, pushing oil for personal cars all over the 

world while it supports BRT projects in a only couple of cities... and 

JCDecaux's support of cycling in a few European cities, but working 

against this in others 

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/edelman/sets/72157602171242536> ... these 

are all pacifiers that all-too-easily find willing mouths in which it 

seems the teeth are hiding.

 

No deals, says this criticaster.

 

- T

 

Pascal van den Noort wrote:

> 

> Friends,

> 

>  

> 

> This mass outing in Paris attacking the billboards on Friday night is 

> naïve.

> 

> The way Parisians massively take up cycling, thanks to the Billboard 

> Company and the Paris City Authorities, saving dramatic kilowatts of 

> electricity and cleaning the air in Paris, outways the use of 

> electricity in the billboard big time.

> 

>  

> 

> It is amazing that overnight a whole city can take up cycling, more 

> than any criticaster has achieved; in two months over 5,5 million 

> times these bicycles were used.

> 

>  

> 

> I think this populist campaign is unwarranted. It would be naïve if we 

> would condone this not very bright action.

> 

>  

> 

> The car free movement as well as the pro environment movement should 

> say NO to these silly initiatives of these Parisian protesters.

> 

>  

> 

> Pascal J.W. van den Noort

> 

> Velo Mondial

> 

> http://velomondial.blogspot.com <http://velomondial.blogspot.com/>

> 

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> 

 

 

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