tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00World Streets: The Politics of Transport in CitiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-32988644023128799492014-03-31T08:02:40.000+02:002014-03-31T08:02:40.000+02:00As usual, you've got more going on than most p...As usual, you've got more going on than most people have in a lifetime.Dave Brookhttp://www.carsharing.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-30665404440981112592014-03-26T20:08:11.000+01:002014-03-26T20:08:11.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/signals-perceptions-behaviour-questions-blurs-clues/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-45668837849433727382014-04-21T03:24:16.000+02:002014-04-21T03:24:16.000+02:00Just how does one start-up your website. I really ...Just how does one start-up your website. I really want to start one up relating to <br>cars, yet really don't know the way to really get <br>started. Almost any help is greatly valued :-)used motor prices croydonhttp://www.youtube.com/user/carbuyerscroydonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-57923082136901279942014-03-21T13:26:06.000+01:002014-03-21T13:26:06.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/rural-carshare-project-a-thinking-exercise-invitation-for-comment/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-81833881460544483492014-03-24T11:50:22.000+01:002014-03-24T11:50:22.000+01:00How refreshing to see some good creative thinking ...How refreshing to see some good creative thinking about car share in lower population density areas. Thanks!Katherine Freundhttp://www.ITNAmerica.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-22406367259216081982014-03-21T19:12:17.000+01:002014-03-21T19:12:17.000+01:00Interesting thought-challenge:1. Rural demographic...Interesting thought-challenge:<br><br>1. Rural demographics are different, but their facility with sharing is higher. They don't need the internet to be part of a local community and to be aware of others' needs and advantages.<br><br>2, The example assumes a group of people _buying_ a car, but it is more likely that they would, as a first step, find a way to share the ones they already Chris Bradshawhttp://hearthhealth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-66991260279608044802014-04-23T19:02:18.000+02:002014-04-23T19:02:18.000+02:00thanks for sharing the rural car share discussion ...thanks for sharing the rural car share discussion with me. Some thoughts:<br><br>In the uk we normally say that we are 80% urban and 20% rural so we need to kep our eyes on both segments<br><br>In rural England there is still a lot to do to improve all the options to car ownership and kill-off the idea that care use/car share is the only option eg rural buses, community transport, inserting walkJohn Whitelegghttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-43633418439729880602014-03-22T23:43:38.000+01:002014-03-22T23:43:38.000+01:00Bovine-based transport - it's udderly amazing!...Bovine-based transport - it's udderly amazing!<br>Interesting thought exercise, Eric. I would remind you that CarPlus in the UK has given quite a bit of thinking about informal and rural carshares and published a best practice paper and other guidance:<br>http://www.carplus.org.uk/resources/research-and-reports/Dave Brookhttp://www.carsharing.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-85532387100372208202014-04-24T20:32:13.000+02:002014-04-24T20:32:13.000+02:00Agree with John -- carshare can be promoted either...Agree with John -- carshare can be promoted either as a means of making access to cars affordable to more people or as an alternative to car ownership under which subscribers would use other modes most of the time but would have access to cars when there was really no alternative. We need to do the second.<br><br>But we also need to make major improvements to conventional bus services (i.e. not Simon Nortonhttp://www.cambsbettertransport.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-88087781444125289182014-03-25T14:16:48.000+01:002014-03-25T14:16:48.000+01:00As far as I am concerned the prime motivation for ...As far as I am concerned the prime motivation for developing carsharing in rural areas is to facilitate the provision of conventional (or demand responsive) public transport.<br><br>As carsharers are more likely to use the car as the mode of last resort (i.e. only when other modes are unavailable) they are therefore likely customers for buses that are well timed for journeys to work, shopping or Simon Nortonhttp://www.cambsbettertransport.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-24094579770538731812014-03-21T14:28:09.000+01:002014-03-21T14:28:09.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/letter-from-stockholm-public-transport-is-a-common-good/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-87379190213669003152014-03-19T12:51:22.000+01:002014-03-19T12:51:22.000+01:00I can't claim to be knowledgeable about all th...I can't claim to be knowledgeable about all the various carshare programs in the US. WRT the research study's look at demographics, specifically low income takeup of the service, in Washington, DC, Zipcar has a relationship with the DC Housing Authority, so that Zipcars are available at various public housing projects. I don't know if there has been a study of the use of these Richard Laymanhttp://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-85930430991939577542014-03-19T11:25:17.000+01:002014-03-19T11:25:17.000+01:00Thanks for pointing this out. The Canadian numbers...Thanks for pointing this out. The Canadian numbers are whatever they are, and in the event in a country of great spaces that would seem like a fair number. All the years we have been following carsharing around the world, it struck me that the border number, the upper limit of kilometers traveled per year for someone looking into carsharing as a second option to car ownership was probably on the Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-35090517838544323552014-03-17T21:04:23.000+01:002014-03-17T21:04:23.000+01:00The Canadian infographic mentions 18.000 kilometer...The Canadian infographic mentions 18.000 kilometers/year. You say that's highly much (and I agree), but next you talk about 10.000 Miles which is app 16.000 km, and still that's much!Friso Metznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-560085559910607572014-03-08T14:32:40.000+01:002014-03-08T14:32:40.000+01:00WRT your "vol. 1" effort, do you think t...WRT your "vol. 1" effort, do you think that there needs to be better targeting by type of city based on whatever criteria, rather than a general volume? I only know what I know based on the US and Canada, and typically car share operates only in the largest cities. <br><br>The major difference is between one-way and two-way systems, whether or not the systems are for profit or Richard Laymanhttp://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-22444575876741683952014-03-08T14:35:03.000+01:002014-03-08T14:35:03.000+01:00In other words, I wouldn't know what to recomm...In other words, I wouldn't know what to recommend for cities that aren't large and in first world nations. Are there structural differences between these cities and others that shape the opportunity for carshare and concomitantly the recommendations that should be made and the specifics of programs?Richard Laymanhttp://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-78831645507477662122014-03-21T14:28:52.000+01:002014-03-21T14:28:52.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/free-for-all-organizations-around-the-world-suppprting-free-public-transport/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-52802817545663092014-03-04T11:41:55.000+01:002014-03-04T11:41:55.000+01:00hank you for your helpful reminder. Of course no r...hank you for your helpful reminder. Of course no reasonable informed person would propose carsharing as a "magic bullet". The article makes the point in this way:<br><br>"Now while carsharing does not all by itself substitute for unsustainable solo driven cars, it is part of a package of alternative services and needs to be understood as such.".<br><br>You will see if you Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-50132921943899386942014-03-04T00:23:21.000+01:002014-03-04T00:23:21.000+01:00It is unlikely that car sharing can be the 'ma...It is unlikely that car sharing can be the 'magic bullet' that turns things around. It has to be a much broader set of policies and strategies which transforms our urban mobility. One mode which tends to be neglected is the role of taxis. It sits somewhere between 'public transport' and car sharing.Jurishttp://jurisgresteurbanblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-69806095349549073402012-12-12T18:19:38.000+01:002012-12-12T18:19:38.000+01:00From Dave Holladay, Scotland. Tramsol@aol.com ...From Dave Holladay, Scotland. Tramsol@aol.com <br><br>Eric <br><br>There is no such thing as a free lunch - you pay to use a car so you pay to use public transport. <br><br>How you pay and what you pay might be the issue but I'm totally against Free as the concept <br><br>Public Transport might be underwritten by organisations who make massive savings on providing car parking - some Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-64837768085546007572012-12-12T23:09:46.000+01:002012-12-12T23:09:46.000+01:00Hi EricCan we try this line of thinking?The most v...Hi Eric<br><br>Can we try this line of thinking?<br><br>The most valuable behavior in transportation, these days, is passengership. Every time a person travels as a passenger instead of as a driver, the number of vehicles on the roads is reduced (note: except when the person becomes a passenger in a taxi that has only the one passenger). Also of benefit: demand for parking at the destination endPaul Minetthttp://www.ridesharinginstitute.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-5016193251386770322012-12-13T10:01:04.000+01:002012-12-13T10:01:04.000+01:00From Eric Bruun: Univ. Of Pennsylvania, USAYes, t...From Eric Bruun: Univ. Of Pennsylvania, USA<br><br>Yes, this is an interesting subject. A few additional points:<br><br>1) The "free market" for parking doesn't always work, so there is a case for regulating pricing. For example, many cities have "early bird" pricing where the person staying all day in private parking gets a steep discount and the person who stays for an Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-74266721656438903792014-03-21T14:27:16.000+01:002014-03-21T14:27:16.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/editorial-no-fpt-without-scr-systematic-car-reductions/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-65561227550356899262014-02-19T19:18:23.000+01:002014-02-19T19:18:23.000+01:00http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/395919/aut...http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/395919/auto-mad-germans-look-to-car-sharingFH Mughalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-46861063250888957392014-02-03T12:12:50.000+01:002014-02-03T12:12:50.000+01:00Several interesting comments were made by local re...Several interesting comments were made by local readers in response to a similar recent article on the Tallinn experience under the title "Why the World's Largest Experiment in Free Public Transportation Failed" - http://www.fastcodesign.com/3025761/why-the-worlds-largest-experiment-in-free-public-transportation-failed<br><br><em>A first challenging comment from Dave Bullock:</em><Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.com