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[http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/212 Robin Chase] founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate. TEDtalk video. | [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/212 Robin Chase] founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate. TEDtalk video. | ||
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| + | [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010266.html "Free Parking Isn't Free"]. ""...These 9' by 18' rectangles of urban real estate have a vast impact on North American communities. They affect the economy, land use patterns, the design of cities and even individual lifestyles...Urban economist Donald Shoup argues that parking requirements are one of the costliest hidden subsidies in US cities today. Shoup, who teaches urban planning at UCLA and authored the recent book, ''The High Cost of Free Parking'', is one of the leaders in the flight to reclaim cities for people, not parking. " | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 10 August 2009
See also Energy page
Also Global Warming
Automobiles
Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back by Jane Holtz Kay
2 Billion Cars: An American Love Affair World Affairs Council video 2009
The 400 MPG Future Aspen Institute 2009 video panel discussion.
Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate. TEDtalk video.
"Free Parking Isn't Free". ""...These 9' by 18' rectangles of urban real estate have a vast impact on North American communities. They affect the economy, land use patterns, the design of cities and even individual lifestyles...Urban economist Donald Shoup argues that parking requirements are one of the costliest hidden subsidies in US cities today. Shoup, who teaches urban planning at UCLA and authored the recent book, The High Cost of Free Parking, is one of the leaders in the flight to reclaim cities for people, not parking. "
Electric Cars
Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020. TEDtalk video.
Out There Ideas
Flying car TEDtalk video
