Wednesday, December 25, 2013
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Car-free housing in Boston would create more problems than solved - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Never let it be said that I do not allow for arguments against car-free living - it is not for everybody.
Car-free housing in Boston would create more problems than solved - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Car-free housing in Boston would create more problems than solved - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Prepare Yourself - America will collapse
- DO YOU BELIEVE AMERICA WILL COLLAPSE?
- IF YOU DO BELIEVE IT - SHOULD YOU BE INCREASING YOUR USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SHARING YOUR CAR MORE OFTEN, STARTING AN URBAN GARDEN, STARTING A SMALL HOME BUSINESS BASED ONLY ON YOUR MOST PRACTICAL SKILLS LIKE SEWING AND CARPENTRY, AND BARTERING FOR ALL OF YOUR GOODS AND SERVICES?
- ARE YOU PREPARING TO DO ANY OF THIS?
THE PREMISE OF THIS VIDEO IS THAT YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Students with perfect attendance could receive reward - Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee
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| Car-Free Memphis Blogger, David Fullerton |
First and foremost, children in Shelby County need bike lanes with a fully supportive and well-guarded and highly safe infrastructure on each and every street and especially within ten minutes of every school zone! To illustrate, children need bike parking on the inside of our school buildings instead of on the outside in the open air. And to make that even better, our children need safe and secure restrooms everywhere and plenty of places to get bike parts and tools and to make bike repairs. And of course, car-free friendly planning designs, policies, and processes can help Shelby County citizens resolve all of these related issues and problems more successfully. In fact, after reading some of my noteworthy blog posts and checking out the most popular web links about car-free living, you will have a well-informed point of view concerning the matter; better able to speak your mind publicly and/or better able to write about car-free living across all your social networks. People will become impressed with you and your newfound competence. And, if you ever get lost and confused about what you are tying to say to people, do not worry yourself over it at all – just tell them that you know me and where they can find my blog CAR-FREE MEMPHIS. And remember, you are not alone because well over 6,000 like-minded people are reading my blogs and spreading the word with you. And if people need for us, too, we can always go together and tell them in person just how important a car-free friendly community is for our children and our environment.
Students with perfect attendance could receive reward - Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Prowling Around Town For Car-Free Citizens
MATA Board of Commissioners Meeting August 7th 2013, Joe Isgriss, The Bridge, Amtrak, Trolly Line, Downtown Memphis, Memphis Bus Riders Union, Memphis Center for Independent Living, Biking in Memphis, Car Free Cities, Car-Free, Carfree Community Design, Vance Avenue Collaborative, Walking in Memphis, Walk Bike Tennessee, World Car-Free Network, Zip Code 38126,
Monday, August 5, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Memphis Public Housing: A Rotting Tree In The Foote Homes
There are a number
of dangerous trees rotting and falling apart on the property of Foote Homes
Public Housing. And recently, one of these trees nearly fell over on two
apartment units located at 632 and 634 Mississippi Boulevard. One resident has
been catching this entire tree rotting action on video camera and also taking
pictures whenever limbs have fallen from the tree in front of their own
apartment at 632, apartment 109. This time, the resident was sitting near their
window drinking morning coffee and watching several squirrels play in this
tree. That is when the resident heard a loud crack and saw all those squirrels
jump for their lives. Then right before the resident’s eyes, the tree began to
split in half. Only a few strips of wood and bark were holding this tree
together. The resident called the housing office’s emergency service number to
have them send out someone to the apartment; because this time, the whole tree
was going to fall onto the apartments any second. Then out the door this
resident ran to warn all of the other residents of the danger. No one would
budge to move out of their doors because this threat of the falling tree had
happed to many times before for them to believe it. Public housing officials
began showing up. And at first, public housing officials said that they might
come back in a two days to take care of this whole problem. But finally, after
all these years, housing officials realized that this tree was going to keep
splitting and falling apart. They, too, were going to have to ask the residents
to leave their apartments to go somewhere safer while housing officials blocked
off the area. Then, public housing officials called Bean and Prince
Contractor's, Inc. to rescue the apartments and the residents from an uncertain
fate. It took Bean and Prince hardly any time to get out to the scene and start
to work on this tree. The crew who were working on this massive tree took only
three days to bring the entire tree down under emergency conditions. The crew
was under immeasurable danger and pressure to perform the task without anyone
getting hurt. The crew was truly brave, impressive, and professional to say the
least, especially while having to work extremely fast and extremely careful.
Within the first few hours most of the danger to the buildings was over with,
as the weight of the tree was cut away one limb at the time. By late that
afternoon, only the split trunk of this tree remained in the ground. In fact,
residents were already allowed to return to his or her apartment. That is when
the resident who witnessed this whole ordeal from the beginning realized the
significance of this massive old shade tree and began to shoot some more video
footage to preserve at least one last memory before the trunk was shredded into
nothingness. Moreover, this same fate may happen to every neighborhood that is
located in zip code 38126, including the Foote Homes; and all of which is
touted as the poorest zip code in the Mid-South Region. That old rotting tree,
perhaps hundreds of years old, is the source of many memories that represent
the good, the bad, and the ugly; mostly the ugly. To illustrate, there has been
nothing but stress, strife, and struggle in the zip code 28126, far more
failures than successes: the failure of Memphis City Schools; lack of
transportation due to cut backs at Memphis Area Transit Authority; the ongoing
low wage jobs with few of no benefits; the part time jobs; the temporary jobs;
the long-term unemployment; the food desserts; and all of the criminal activity
caused by people who are only seeking to do the wrong thing simply because they
seem to know nothing else to do. Yes - the end of this old tree represents
sadness and sorrow, but it also represents a positive social change; perhaps a
complete redesign of this whole entire community and the city becoming more
car-free friendly, whereby the whole community can meet all of their essential
needs within ten minutes of almost anyone's location. Now a city like this will
relieve stress, strife, and struggle and it will bring every community together
like never before.
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| Foote Homes Public Housing Photos Taken Summer of 2013 |
Photo's Taken Summer 2009
Thursday, July 25, 2013
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
'Cycle Tracks' Latest Bike Initiative for City - Memphis Daily News
Finally! There is some progress for recreational bike riding. Now let us add some bike lanes for more practical purposes such as getting to all of the same shopping areas that car drivers go too.
'Cycle Tracks' Latest Bike Initiative for City - Memphis Daily News
'Cycle Tracks' Latest Bike Initiative for City - Memphis Daily News
Multi-Unit Homes for the Homeless
Mini-Capsules are on the market for hotel chains as overnight get-a-ways. In fact, the capsulesserve as muti-unit beech houses for the infamous Brad Pitt. Would the same design concept be perfect as multi-unit homes for the homeless? Click the link below to find out more about the design!
Mini Capsule Hotel by Atelier Van Lieshout - Dezeen
Mini Capsule Hotel by Atelier Van Lieshout - Dezeen
Monday, July 8, 2013
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Friday, June 28, 2013
The Summer Bicycles Took Control - Atlantic Mobile
New York City and Chicago unleash thousands of bikes for their bike share program. Could it work here in Memphis? You be the Judge of this.
The Summer Bicycles Took Control - Atlantic Mobile
The Summer Bicycles Took Control - Atlantic Mobile
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