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Sam Calisch


Zenn Electric Car	Village Homes, Davis, CA

The transportation group will work to develop smarter ways to move the resources we need to the places where we need them. In the most radical sense, this may mean moving the places where we need things instead of the resources themselves—this is where urban design fits into the picture. The group will also discuss alternatives to our current, fossil-fuel based system—bicycles, bio-diesel, public transportation, etc.—and the programs necessary to encourage people to use them.

My Ideas so far (consider, expand, and change them, then bring your ideas to the conference)
Shut down Fairfield Square to motor traffic

This area is already inefficient for cars (Who would win a race around the square: a car or a bike?)
Make this area more enjoyable by converting roads and parking areas into green space
Encourage community fitness (walking, biking, etc)
Increase possibilities for spontaneous human interaction
Good for businesses: Copenhagen did the same thing, and use of the city center TRIPLED over the past 30 years (See New Lessons article linked below)

Incentives to become car-free

Increased home delivery of goods and availability of public storage lockers (these are primary reasons people take a car rather than bike)
Car leases that refund your money if you transition to car-free over the lease period
Increase parking fees/tolls for entering city
Expanding community bikes program (Residents should be able to count on the availability of yellow bikes)

Make bike travel safer and easier

Expand bike paths into the city
Make Bike Lanes on roads

Dome Bus

Public transportation for transcendental meditators to the domes

Links

Grist's 15 Greenest Cities
New Lessons From the Old World (A great article about redesigning cities)
Article about Curitiba, Brazil (Must Read!)
Article about redesigning roadways to support motor and pedestrian traffic
Village Homes (Davis,CA)
MUM Biodiesel
Prairie Fire Bio-fuels
Community Bikes Case Studies
Google Transit trip planning service

LINKS

All the links you'll ever need on sustainable transportation:
http://www.nesea.org/transportation/links.html

The new tesla car, check it out:
http://www.teslamotors.com

The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition:
http://www.E85Fuel.com

RESOURCES

New Alliance FS: A biodiesel retail fueling site supplying B2 (2% biodiesel, 98% petroleum diesel) at the pump and B100 (100% pure biodiesel made from soybeans) if you bring containers and ask at the counter.

Address: 2901 W. Grimes Ave. Fairfield, IA 52556. Phone: 888-333-6912

Jim Meyer: Lives in Fairfield and owns 2 cars that run on SVO (Straight Vegetable Oil). His lawnmower is solar-electric. He's currently selling his cars, one for $1500 and the other for $3000. If you're interested, here's his contact information. Phone: 642-472-5788 . Email: veggiedieseljim@yahoo.com

Questions? Contact: Peter Garrido: Transportation Page Author. Email: peternotpaul@yahoo.com

Ben Stallings — 29 November 2007, 05:51

The Iowa DOT is selling special "Share the Road" license plates for cars, for an additional fee. If you can't bury your car but want to support bicycling, sign up for your special plate today! http://www.iowabicyclecoalition.org/strplate.htm

Ben Stallings — 30 November 2007, 06:24

WorldChanging offers this article about how the Internet can reduce our use of transportation: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007622.html

Ben Stallings — 09 December 2007, 15:20

What Bike Friendly looks like: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/10/23/163221/12/?source=weekly

Ben Stallings — 11 December 2007, 06:01

Bicing in Barcelona (not a typo) http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007672.html

Ben Stallings — 04 January 2008, 06:07

Electric cars can now get a free ride in London -- free parking and free charging, such that they pay for themselves in a year! http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080103/0344440.html

Ben Stallings — 21 February 2008, 06:00

There's now bike sharing in Tucson, Arizona: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/saddle_up_bikes.php

Ben Stallings — 02 May 2008, 15:48

Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: Evaluating the Risks is a study of safety statistics, concluding that public transit (and non-motorized transportation) is so much safer than private cars that a shift away from transit would actually be more deadly than a terrorist attack.