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The sign of a civilized country

July 22, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Tonight I was at a fundraiser for my heartthrob organization, Transportation Alternatives, where I heard the former mayor of Bogota, Columbia, Enrique Penalosa speak. According to the Project for Public Spaces: While mayor, Peñalosa was responsible for numerous radical improvements to the city and its citizens. He promoted a city model giving priority to children and public […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Society Tagged With: Enrique Penalosa, highways, sidewalks, transportation, transportation alternatives, transportation policy, walking

A bike races a car and wins

June 11, 2008 by Colin Beavan

You may remember that bicycling took the place of mechanized boxes as our choice of sustainable transportation during the No Impact project. In fact, we’re still loving our bikes. Anyway, once a year, Transportation Alternatives, which advocates taking the New York City streets from the cars and giving them to the people, runs its commuter […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, transit, transportation alternatives

Greening my city makes me happier to live in it

March 14, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Part of the No Impact project is to have a positive impact to offset the unavoidable negative impact of, well, being alive, and part of that has been to the work of environmental organizations. As a result of that, Wednesday night was a mega-proud night for me because I got invited to be a member […]

Filed Under: Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man, Society Tagged With: cars, climate change, greenhouse gas, livable streets, transportation alternatives

New Yorkers, let’s please breathe easier

February 13, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Apropos of today’s earlier post about the problems with cars, two easy steps you can take, if you’re interested, to help reduce car traffic and air pollution in New York City, and in making the City more livable. First, if you’re a New York State resident, click here to send a fax to State Assembly […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: congestion pricing, transportation alternatives

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