tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post6771421236838756951..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: Energy and Equity, Ivan Illich.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-92005126865134731272010-09-30T18:19:55.000+02:002010-09-30T18:19:55.000+02:0030 September 2010Subject: Guiding publicationsYour...30 September 2010<br>Subject: Guiding publications<br><br>Your comments on Energy & Equity reminded me that the books that have guided my working life are Energy & Equity, Mayer Hillman’s ones on Mobility from 1973 & 1976 and your Paratransit Workshop report from 1978 or 9.<br><br>If the “mainstream” transport planners and engineers had advised the politicians to use them as a basis Graham Lightfoothttp://www.mendes.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-60225397132789015582010-09-29T21:32:33.000+02:002010-09-29T21:32:33.000+02:00[...] Energy and Equity, Ivan Illich. (via World S...[...] Energy and Equity, Ivan Illich. (via World Streets) Posted on September 29, 2010 by Eric Britton, editor Earlier this week I proposed the idea of a group read and commentary on Illich's incisive and important 1974 book "Energy and Equity", but as I thrashed through my personal library I was unable to lay my hands on what I remember as a small book with a yellow cover. Energy and Equity, Ivan Illich. (via World Streets) | India Streetshttp://indiastreets.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/energy-and-equity-ivan-illich-via-world-streets/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-10915110990041206122010-09-29T22:46:42.000+02:002010-09-29T22:46:42.000+02:00"Energy & Equity" is a great essay, ..."Energy & Equity" is a great essay, the one, in fact, that first turned me on to Illich, whose prose I originally found difficult and dense. I've since become a big reader of his. In fact, I am re-reading this essay right now and while doing so, I bothered to look around and see if anyone else might be interested, and that led me to your blog. <br><br> I thought it might be John Veritynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-48627566160896285062010-10-01T00:05:50.000+02:002010-10-01T00:05:50.000+02:00We have a similar situation here in Silicon Valley...We have a similar situation here in Silicon Valley where the means to access good paying jobs requires an auto since the low income regions of the bay area like Oakland and Richmond are not only basically unaccessible by transit but the remaining means continue to break down. Another study showed that using transit to get to the doctor essentially meant because of the dysfunctional system that a Gladwyn d'Souzahttp://Sustainablesanmateocounty.orgnoreply@blogger.com