World Streets Annual New Mobility Country Reviews: A 2010 update on carsharing in Greece

Carsharing, like Rome, is not built in a day. At least not formal carsharing as we are seeing it develop in many countries now at, in places, rapid and highly satisfying rate. The following short report comes from colleagues who are involved in an attempted laying the groundwork for the first formal carsharing project in Greece. This is one of the EU "momo Car-Sharing" projects to encourage

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Bottom line: Roads are for vehicles. Streets are for people. (No matter where you are in the world.)

Your editor was on automatic pilot this early morning, reading with half an eye the International Herald Tribune/New York Times as is his habit, and behold there in the Letters to the Editor column were a series of words which at first glance he thought he had written himself. (More coffee clearly needed.) Wrong, it was Lee Schipper commenting on an earlier Times piece on "Building Cambodia’s

Plan A for Sustainable Transport : The New Mobility Agenda

Plan Zero - also kown as "old mobility" - with its stress on supply, more vehicles and more infrastructure as the knee-jerk answer to our moblity problems, has been favored for decision-making and investment in the sector over the last 70 years. It is well-known and easy to see where it is leading. Responsible for something like 1/5 of all greenhouse gas emissions, costing us a bundle, draining

Editorial: The only good monorail, is an old monorail. Part I. Building knowledge and consensus via the internet

Let me be very clear as to my motives here just so there is no ambiguity on my position. I would like no less than to drive a sharp stake through the dark heart of this egregiously unsustainable transport concept once and for all, so that we can concentrate our limited resources on approaches that are capable of doing the job and meeting the sustainability challenge head on. Which is exactly not

Living Streets calls for 20 mph to be a key element of forthcoming road safety strategy

Living Streets has today submitted its response to [i]A Safer Way[/i], the government's consultation document for the future of road safety post 2010.

Living Streets responds to the 'Mayor's Transport Strategy: Statement of Intent' consultation

Following on from 'Way to go!', the Mayor of London has recently been asking for responses to the second document in his Transport Strategy consultation: 'Mayor's Transport Strategy: Statement of Intent.' Living Streets has very recently submitted its own response to this consultation (attached below).

Living Streets responds to the Mayor's London Plan proposals consultation

Following on from 'Planning for a Better London', the Mayor of London has recently been asking for responses to the second document in his London Plan consultation: 'A new plan for London: Proposals for the Mayor's London Plan.' Living Streets has very recently submitted its own response to this consultation (attached below).

Joint evidence submitted to the Outer London Commission by Living Streets, Campaign for Better Transport and the London Cycling Campaign

Collaborating with Campaign for Better Transport and the London Cycling Campaign, Living Streets has recently submitted evidence to the Outer London Commission (OLC). The OLC was set-up by the Mayor of London to advise how Outer London can play its full part in the city's economic success. This joint submission to the OLC outlines the priority areas for the development of suburban outer London, and for its connections to the centre, as identified by Living Streets, Campaign for Better Transport and the London Cycling Campaign.

Living Streets calls on the Government to make 20mph the norm where we live, work and play

[b]National charity Living Streets have today launched a rallying call to the Government, to introduce 20 mph speed limits where people live, work and play ahead of the government's road safety strategy.[/b]