[sustran] World Streets This Week. 2-9 March 2009

[Eric Britton]

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<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/today-is-tuesday-3-march-2009
.html> World Streets This Week. 2-9 March 2009 


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week, with direct links to full text, illustrations and media. Want more? 

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Welcome to World Streets:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2005/01/background-and-use-hints-for-
submittal.html> -> First time visitors invited to start here

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 . .  

 

>From the Leading Edge:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/america-before-streets-were-c
ivilised_03.html> -> America before streets were civilized.

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, . . .


World Streets Profiles:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/message-from-france-driving-f
orce-to.html> -> Denis Baupin: a driving force to change Paris

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'. 

 

Honk: -
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/02/honk-mind-traffic.html> >The
traffic in your mind

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,

 

Bad News Department:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/badnewsdep-reported-death-of-
velib.html> -> The reported demise of world’s largest city bike project 

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.

 

Cross-Blog Dialogue:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/cross-blog-no-excuse-zone.htm
l> ->The No-Excuses Zone 

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).

 

>From World Streets Archives:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Sweden+Vision+Zero%22> ->
Sweden's
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Sweden+Vision+Zero%22>
Vision Zero program 
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,

 

Reader Poll:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/frequency-of-publication.html
> -> Frequency of publication

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.

 

Translating World Streets:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/02/translating-world-streets-int
o-other.html> -> Reader comments on pros and cons 

Commentaries thus far on translation quality and usability in Chinese,
German, Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish

 

World Streets Workshop/Laboratory:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/01/problemssuggestions.html> ->
Shortcomings, plans, improvements needed

Plenty of room for improvement, Issues and plans here. Reader comments,
suggestions invited.

 

Editor's page:
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/03/fair-use-and-world-streets.ht
ml> -> On Fair Use in World Streets

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wider and more freely than ever before, creating ambiguities and issues of
intellectual property which are far from being resolved.  

 

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