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More On Sustainability
Oct. 9th, 2010 03:03 pmFollowing up on my post on solar panels, I came across this video about changes to New York City's traffic patterns and bike/bus/pedestrian/car use as part of a plan to downplay cars and increase alternative transport methods in the city.
I don't live in NYC (and have only visited it a couple of times) so I don't know what residents think of the video, which is obviously meant to play up positive aspects, but I found the video tremendously exciting and even heartening in terms of sustainability and thinking for the future. A New Yorker, of course, might have a different take on things.
Honolulu, alas, does not have this kind of thing going on at the moment, even though as a finite system (island), rail or a better and more comprehensive bus system could cover much of the island, and of course if only we had a comprehensive bike network people could get around by bicycle 365 days a year. This year's elections will get us a new governor, and we now have a brand new mayor, so we'll see if the landscape for sustainability changes here in terms of transportation.
Ten years ago, we lived for a semester in Copenhagen where they had an exceptional network of off traffic bike paths, not to mention a typical European city train/bus network that allowed us to easily live there without a car.
What's up in your part of the world? Are you seeing transportation changes in your city or region?
I don't live in NYC (and have only visited it a couple of times) so I don't know what residents think of the video, which is obviously meant to play up positive aspects, but I found the video tremendously exciting and even heartening in terms of sustainability and thinking for the future. A New Yorker, of course, might have a different take on things.
Honolulu, alas, does not have this kind of thing going on at the moment, even though as a finite system (island), rail or a better and more comprehensive bus system could cover much of the island, and of course if only we had a comprehensive bike network people could get around by bicycle 365 days a year. This year's elections will get us a new governor, and we now have a brand new mayor, so we'll see if the landscape for sustainability changes here in terms of transportation.
Ten years ago, we lived for a semester in Copenhagen where they had an exceptional network of off traffic bike paths, not to mention a typical European city train/bus network that allowed us to easily live there without a car.
What's up in your part of the world? Are you seeing transportation changes in your city or region?