Monthly Archives: June 2009

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The World Naked Bike Ride

“How did you get the idea?” I think is one of the most common questions that people or reporters ask the riders during the event. The most common answer for cities that start the ride some years later is something like, “We read about it, we think that this is great and must to be [...]

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Carfree Days: A Glimpse of the Future

While sitting in a van with colleagues from the more lucrative part of my job (the part that doesn’t involve urban planning or transport), stuck in typical Dhaka traffic one day, a man who to my knowledge has never worked on urban issues explained to a visiting American how wonderful the city is when there [...]

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Forgotten use of Streets

Each passing day it is more common to perceive the streets as obstacles – for traveling, resting, eating, meeting people, exercising, shopping – and ultimately living. After all, who wants to waste precious time in noisy, stinking and unsafe places like many urban streets? Not long ago it was different. The streets were not only [...]

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Welcome to Carfree Blogosphere

This is the blog of World Carfree Network, hub of the global carfree movement.
Carfree Blogosphere offers a free space for flexible discussion for those who feel that our transport systems need to be, and can be made, more sustainable and carfree.
This is a space to share information and discuss issues relevant to eliminating car-dependency, explore [...]