[sustran] Low Car Diet?

[Eric Britton]

Joselito Lomada Guevarra writes on this date on the subject of Carlos Prado's
suggestion that we somehow get policy makers to use cycles and/or public
transport themselves to better understand the possibilities and needs of us
ordinary people in our day to day lives: "And how do you intend to do this?
Riding bicycles or public transport once or twice won't sway them that
easily...they need to do it over a long period of time...continuously.

 

 

Indeed that's where we think that a concept like the Low-Car Diet might be put
to use with real results. 

 

Low Car Diet? Never heard of it? Well click
<http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A
2006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=carb&lr=
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ch=&as_rights=&safe=images>
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006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=carb&lr=&
as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearc
h=&as_rights=&safe=images  60,000 (SIXTY THOUSAND) entries in Google.

 

Pressure your political representatives and candidates for public office to go
on a public low car diet. Help them. Organize a local event and gets lots of
people to give it a try.  As you can see through Google, here is a New Mobility
concept for which it is easy to get media attention. 

 

What a simple concept!  A full month. That is a real commitment to
sustainability. No matter what the final decision of that individual might be.
Not to worry, they will be changed in some fundamental ways for life.

 

PS. IN the New Mobility Briefs ( <http://newmobilitypartners.org/>
http://newmobilitypartners.org) we are going to do a special issue on Low Car
Diets. Stay tuned. 

 

PPS. What about this as a project that can be announced in your city for your
next Car Free Day? That's exactly what they are for by the way. 

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