Eryn Farkas

Annotated Bibliography

Crawford, J.H. (2000). Carfree Cities. Utrech, The Netherlands: International Books.

This is the best and updated resource for Carfree research. It also includes an extensive bibliography for more research. Their website is just as impressive:

http://www.carfree.com

Engwicht, David. (1993). Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns-Better living with less traffic. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.

“ The city is … an ecosystem created by people for a mutual enrichment.” Good history on transportation in Europe and the US, where we are now, and good solid alternatives in regard to city planning and transportation.

Agenda 21: Fossil Fuel Free Vaxjo. Retrieved November 3, 2002 from the World Wide Wed: http://www.vaxjo.se/agenda21/environmentalinfo/engfff.html

Abundant information about Agenda 21, including color graphs, pictures, and the full action list, in progress list, and planned list for the community under this plan.

Crawford, J.H. (2001). The Automobile Revisited-Redesigning cars to Use Less Energy. Retrieved November 1, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.jhcrawford.com/energy/new_cars.html

Very interesting papers on the proposed “C-car”, a 100-MPG fuel economy car and a “ General strategy for reducing energy consumed by cars.”

Carfree Cities-Eryn Farkas

• Automobiles exacerbate global warming. It fosters suburban sprawl, it wastes energy and natural resources, it kills street life, it isolates people, it blots out the city’s beauty, and it disturbs people with noise.
• The challenge is to remove cars and trucks from the cities while at the same time improving mobility and reducing its total costs. What would happen if we designed a city to work without cars?
• First transportation needs to become a pleasant experience and should attain the average speed of a car in light city traffic. Explore fuel-cell trains, fuel-cell buses, short-wire trams, and trolleys.
• Bicycles can go three to four times faster than the pedestrian, but uses five times less energy in the process.
• United Nations Car Free Day (“ Shed your car day”) in Fremantle, Western Australia.
• Planning- fast access to all parts of the city, available green space within 5-minute walk, workable provisions for freight transport, maybe small parking area for tourists and car-sharing organizations.
• Bike advocacy, alternative bikes-electric assist, Segway, Rhoadescar, SUV (Sensible utility Vehicle).