Monthly Archives: August 2010

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3E Youth Exchange by World Carfree Network

World Carfree Network arranged a youth exchange in York, England the week before the Towards Carfree Cities conference. Find out more about this on the web site of the youth exchange 3e2010.org

Feature Article

The Traffic Hierarchy

One is not born a motorist, one becomes one.
Mobility and class are deeply entangled. Not only because one’s potential for mobility often has to do with one’s economic position, but also because a society built on today’s mobility paradigm – automobility – directly contributes to growing economic and social differences.
A society which puts the car [...]

Media Club

Scrub the Greenwash off the Freeway Olympics

This year’s Winter Olympics has been branded the “Greenest Games”, but they are linked to a massive freeway expansion scheme. In Vancouver, Canada activists are working hard to scrub off the greenwash and getting public money spent on real priorities such as public transit and affordable housing.
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada have been [...]