<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <img width=642 height=74 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01C9A48B.936B6C30" alt="cid:image001.png@01C9A48B.936B6C30"><o:p></o:p> <h3><a name=6933473030141007064></a><a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/today-is-tuesday-3-march-2009.html">World Streets This Week. 2-9 March 2009</a> <o:p></o:p></h3> World Streets on a single page. Highlights selected articles appearing over week, with direct links to full text, illustrations and media. Want more? <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>ü  <![endif]>Click to go to <a href="http://www.worldstreets.org/">www.worldstreets.org</a>  <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>ü  <![endif]>Click here to subscribe: <a href="mailto:subscribe@worldstreets.org">subscribe@worldstreets.org</a>  <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>ü  <![endif]>And here to support: <a href="http://www.support.worldstreets.org">www.support.worldstreets.org</a> <o:p></o:p> Welcome to World Streets: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2005/01/background-and-use-hints-for-submittal.html">-> First time visitors invited to start here</a><o:p></o:p> The 21st century newspaper that has a single job: to provide you with high quality, readable, concise food for thought, and leads specifically on the topics of sustainable mobility, sustainable cities, and . .  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> From the Leading Edge: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/america-before-streets-were-civilised_03.html">-> America before streets were civilized.</a><o:p></o:p> Looking back at 2009 from the closing days of Barrack Obama’s presidency, it is sometimes surprising to appreciate how much has changed in the relationship between people, places and traffic, . . .<o:p></o:p> World Streets Profiles: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/message-from-france-driving-force-to.html">-> Denis Baupin: a driving force to change Paris</a><o:p></o:p> As transportation chief of the French capital for seven years, Baupin was the force behind the development of Paris's hugely successful bicycle-sharing program, Vélib'. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Honk: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/02/honk-mind-traffic.html">->The traffic in your mind</a><o:p></o:p> Our first-ever Honk! a 42 second video prepared by the Mobizen carshare company, to get across the idea that carsharing is just a bit different from the old way we used to do it,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Bad News Department: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/badnewsdep-reported-death-of-velib.html">-> The reported demise of world’s largest city bike project</a> <o:p></o:p> We look at a spate of bad reporting on what is however a legitimate problems threatening public bike sites around the world: vandalism and theft. But as you will see the patient is very much out and around.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Cross-Blog Dialogue: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/cross-blog-no-excuse-zone.html">->The No-Excuses Zone</a> <o:p></o:p> Gordon Price from Vancouver introduces the No-Excuse Zone for urban cycling, which he in turn picked up from colleagues in Australia (more evidence of the small world syndrome).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> From World Streets Archives: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Sweden+Vision+Zero%22">-> Sweden's </a><a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Sweden+Vision+Zero%22">Vision Zero program</a> Claes Tingvall compares road safety to workplace management. While the employee or citizen, must follow guidelines, it is the responsibility of the employer, or government, to provide a safe environment,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Reader Poll: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/frequency-of-publication.html">-> Frequency of publication</a><o:p></o:p> Should Streets be developed as a daily, weekly, monthly, or ad hoc unscheduled publication. Give us your counsel by voting in the Reader Poll that appears to your immediate left.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Translating World Streets: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/02/translating-world-streets-into-other.html">-> Reader comments on pros and cons</a> <o:p></o:p> Commentaries thus far on translation quality and usability in Chinese, German, Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> World Streets Workshop/Laboratory: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/problemssuggestions.html">-> Shortcomings, plans, improvements needed</a><o:p></o:p> Plenty of room for improvement, Issues and plans here. Reader comments, suggestions invited.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Editor's page: <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/fair-use-and-world-streets.html">-> On Fair Use in World Streets</a><o:p></o:p> It is the 21st century and information in its various forms travels faster, wider and more freely than ever before, creating ambiguities and issues of intellectual property which are far from being resolved.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> World Streets, a collaborative project of the New Mobility Partnerships.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <![if !supportLists]>ü  <![endif]>Click here to subscribe: <a href="mailto:subscribe@worldstreets.org">subscribe@worldstreets.org</a> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> New Mobility Agenda - The Commons - 8 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France  T:  +331 4326 1323<o:p></o:p> New Mobility Partnerships  -   9440 Readcrest Drive,   Los Angeles, CA  90210     T: +1 310 601-8468<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please feel free to share. <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>