Hub links
We're still working on this page and it's not super high on my list of priorities, but I managed to get some links on here- If you have any links that you would like to add, or if you would like to volunteer to manage this page for us, please E-mail the Hub or call (831)425-0665. Thanks, Josh
Carfree.com: Carfree cities past, present, and future: solutions to the problem of the urban automobile.
Kevin Karplus maintains a large list of useful transportation, bicycle, and urban planning links.
Car Free Month in the San Francisco Bay Area, possibly expanding to other regions
Neal Peirce's column on carfree cities -- From the Washington Post Writer's Group, Neal Pierce looks at going car-free in America.
Cutting Your Car Use , the web site for Anna Semlyen's new book by the same name.
Auto-Free Ottawa is trying to tame the urban automobile in Ottawa, Ontario (the capital of Canada).
Platform Binnenstad Autovrij is working to make the center of Amsterdam a car-free paradise. Although the residents of the inner city have supported this move, the city government has done little to implement the necessary changes, despite its adoption of policies to significantly reduce automobile traffic. English-language summaries are available. (unfortunately, this page is in Dutch)
The CarFree group at Yahoo is a place for those who are (trying to live) carFree (or car-lite) in a car crowded world. (Not to be confused with the Carfree Cities discussion group (sponsored by Carfree.com), also at Yahoo.)
Alliance for a Paving Moratorium demonstrates alternatives to sprawl and petroleum dependence while fighting new road construction.
The Atlantic Monthly September 1996 article on Celebration (the new Disney community in Orlando, Florida) is an interesting and worthwhile review of some of the fruits of the New Urbanism.
Car Free Cities Network is an initiative of Directorate General XI of the European Commission (Environment). A number of European cities are actively trying to reduce car usage by a variety of means. This is a source for information on these efforts.
ISTP's carfree housing page has had a major update and features seven case studies of carfree housing projects, including Amsterdam, Cologne, Edinburgh, Freiburg, Hamburg, and Vienna.
Car Busters Magazine helps to unite, build, and maintain the international car-free movement, and to inform, motivate, publicize and empower all groups and individuals fighting against the car's dominance and destructiveness.
Bikesatwork.com designs and sells trailers, pedicabs and more. They're generally more affordable than other sources and their truss-style trailers are tried and true in the SF Bay Area.
Workbike.org is a resource centre for human powered transport of freight and people, with information on the manufacturers and operators of work bikes and research into sustainable human-powered transport.
Car-Free! , a modest page of carlessness from A.P. Thornley (San Francisco, California). Includes information on railroads, bicyling, lose-the-car, etc., in the SF Bay Area and worldwide.
This page will contain not only a well-organized list of fine web links, but also a bibliography of book reviews (some of these books soon to be available at the Hub Library) and recommended readings.
We're workin' on it! we're workin' on it!
