Comments on: Big City Sans Cars http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 Andy Cline Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:17:27 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1456#comment-3007 Nate... Yep. I'm down with the New Urbanism thing. Nate… Yep. I’m down with the New Urbanism thing.

]]> By: Nate Bassett http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 Nate Bassett Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:20:33 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1456#comment-2998 Well, there was a really good youtube video about how English cyclists in the 50s coordinated with the rail system to provide a "bike car", where they would hang bikes vertically while traveling here and there... these days, there are the folding bikes, but integrating elevated rail, subway, and bus systems works in a great way where there's sufficient infrastructure and planning for it. I don't understand why anyone drives in Manhattan. That's obviously the exception, but the real answer for the future is new urbansim city planning by avoiding sprawl and creating mixed zoning, which minimizes the need for cars. Sorry, was rambling. What to do with the concepts here? Well... they might look good hanging on the wall of a future applebees. But I do love the energy planning aspect of those designs. Well, there was a really good youtube video about how English cyclists in the 50s coordinated with the rail system to provide a “bike car”, where they would hang bikes vertically while traveling here and there… these days, there are the folding bikes, but integrating elevated rail, subway, and bus systems works in a great way where there’s sufficient infrastructure and planning for it. I don’t understand why anyone drives in Manhattan. That’s obviously the exception, but the real answer for the future is new urbansim city planning by avoiding sprawl and creating mixed zoning, which minimizes the need for cars.

Sorry, was rambling. What to do with the concepts here? Well… they might look good hanging on the wall of a future applebees. But I do love the energy planning aspect of those designs.

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 Andy Cline Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:29 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1456#comment-2993 Nate... Yes, hence my wondering about what we might actually do with these concepts. Nate… Yes, hence my wondering about what we might actually do with these concepts.

]]> By: Nate Bassett http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2992 Nate Bassett Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:32:34 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1456#comment-2992 This is just more Popular Mechanics style futurism rather than any sort of realistic advocacy for alternative transportation. Their other designs include concept cars and completely impractical sailboats for the year 2049. This is just more Popular Mechanics style futurism rather than any sort of realistic advocacy for alternative transportation. Their other designs include concept cars and completely impractical sailboats for the year 2049.

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/big-city-sans-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2991 Andy Cline Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:13:02 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1456#comment-2991 Disgruntled... Both. Fiction in the U.S. Everyday life in Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Disgruntled… Both. Fiction in the U.S. Everyday life in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

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