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Car-free Transport in the Rain

Today is day six of the wet. Rivers are flowing through streets, hills are melting, and the parking lot for the Rite Aid near my house is ankle-deep. On a usual rainy winter day in Los Angeles, I don my … Continue reading

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Car-Free interview with blogger Browne Molyneux

I know many of you may have found me from Siel’s blog, but I want to link to her latest car-free interview anyway, because I loved it. So here goes: Browne Molyneux of The Bus Bench Browne talks about perceived … Continue reading

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Car Culture, Mortgage Crisis, and Community

PBS’s NOW recently did a story on ex-burbia and car culture. You can watch it here: Driven to Despair The show gives a good look at some of the connections between gas prices, urban sprawl, and the mortgage crisis — … Continue reading

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Beginning the car-free journey

In January of 2008, I made one of my first new year’s resolutions ever. After a string of bad luck with my aging car (including a hunk of metal just falling off and scraping along the street for a few … Continue reading

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