On the streets just outside the EU Parliament in Brussels we’ve asked people about the information in car adverts, showing two versions of our imaginary MOTOKA car advert.
In the first ad the info is very similar to the way it is currently displayed on car ads. In the second ad the info is more prominently [...]
What’s the view from your window? Do you like what you see? Do you want to change it?
So now’s about time we change the outlook – of our cities, towns and streets – let this issue be a source of inspiration for you and others: take a walk, spread the word with others on two [...]
In my last post I tried to reflect my views as a bike commuter here in Buenos Aires. I made just a brief comment on public transport but in this post I’d like to picture the scene in a broader way.
Biking is relatively comfortable and safe in Moreno, my hometown. The situation changes if you [...]
As you know, every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets and neighbourhoods to celebrate World Carfree Day and to remind the world that we don’t have to accept our car-dominated societies.
World Carfree Day, promoted and supported by the World Carfree Network, is intended to advance [...]
Hi friends from World Car Free,
I’m Walter, a bike commuter from Buenos Aires in Argentina. This is my first post and to be honest, I feel delighted to be able to contribute to the blog giving you my views.
How does it feel to be a bike commuter in Argentina? Feels good but the trend has [...]
A good way to spread the carfree word: Send an open letter to your represntatives. It is what did Willie Weir (http://www.willieweir.com/) in Seattle, USA.
According to Weir, “We are a long way off in Seattle, WA to being carfree. But you have to dream.” We can share the same feeling in many other cities…
It is [...]
One green lifestyle change every day for a year. That’s the eco-challenge Vanessa Farquharson, a 27-year-old arts reporter in Toronto, set for herself in March 2007. She switched to more eco-friendly versions of common products: biodegradable pens, paraben-free lip balm, organic cotton blankets, corn-based cat litter. She cut back on using energy, water and paper [...]
Maybe some of you heard about the Walkmobile from the Professor Hermann Knoflacher.
The Walkmobile was invented in the 70’s as a smart way to address the issue of public space usage. It is a simple frame made from light wood which, when whorn, occupies the same amount of space as the average car. It exposes [...]
I like searching out interesting and quirky public transport operations on my travels around Europe, the kinds of things that add some style and class to otherwise mundane buses, trams and trains.
Germany is well known for its extensive metropolitan rail-based public transport networks and innovative ‘tram-trains’ in Karlsruhe, Kassel and Zwickau, an idea which has [...]
Raymond Williams called it “mobile privatization.”
I think of it as “life behind screens,” or “bubble life.”
It — experiencing life predominantly through video screens, work sconces, and automobile glass — is not just part-and-parcel of corporate capitalism, but perhaps its first intention and requirement vis-a-vis the organization of the lives of the masses.
The latest bubble life [...]
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