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by James Howard Kunstler
A wake-up call to a citizenry in the shadow of oil scarcity. A special issue on Transportation must include the discussion of OIL. The wild iconoclast researcher and novelist tells us what we must be prepared for, now that we have reached Peak Oil.
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by Lisa Quinn and Bob Banner
Even though many of the articles in this issue include “Cool Solutions,” we added a number of short items that hopefully will inspire people to create the solutions in our specific counties.
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by Peter Wooley
This short piece reports the outrageous deaths on US highways that are blatantly ignored by the US press. No marches, no outrage. 44,000 will die in the US this year. Canada: 2500. Is it because our leaders are afraid of radical solutions as in regulations, investments and enforcement?
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by Alan Thein Durning
Alan Durning explores the outcome among his friends and neighbors when his family decides to be car free for an entire year. Without a car for currency in the gift economy, then what? The solution: creative carless favors!
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by Amy Landau
New York HopeDance correspondent Ms. Landau gives us a fascinating report of her experience with biking in NYC, the Critical Mass rides, the clown bikers who patrol bike lanes, Times Up! and Transportation Alternatives that give diversity and life to the prevalent auto-centric culture.
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by William L. Seavey
William Seavey reports on all the cool things that are happening to the greening of the car movement: hybrids, electric cars, plug-ins, the various forms of fuel, flex fuel vehicles and the one that is already sitting in your driveway.
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by Andy Singer
Andy Singer’s cartoons have graced these pages of HopeDance for years. He has been car-free for years. He came to SLO and Santa Barbara a couple years ago to give us a slide show of Transportation. This is an excerpt from that presentation.
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by Eric Greening
Local government gadfly Eric Greening does not mince words. His unique car-free perspective travels with him as he sits on numerous transportation and land development committees. In this essay he philosophizes about time, distance and how we get around.
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by David Weisman
Regular contributor David Weisman takes a break from his anti-Diablo activities to articulate a subject dear to his heart: the train system. His love and deep concerns for alternative transportation as well as the fun and joy of traveling on Amtrak are embedded in each sentence of this superb essay.
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