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thiscitycalledearth: by Stephanie Gonot, Los Angeles.
In 2009, the last year for which records are available, 630 cyclists were killed by cars in the U.S. (compared with 4,092 pedestrians). That’s arguably a big improvement over the 1,003 cyclist fatalities that occurred in 1975, when, as Census data hint, far fewer people were commuting by bike and still fewer wore helmets. And yet, even if things have gotten safer, at least in terms of absolute deaths (which are easier to measure than where or how much people are actually cycling), a sense of hostility—and sometimes outright violence—seems to be on the rise.
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— Bike Commuting Conflicts | OutsideOnline.com
thiscitycalledearth: Photograph by Ken Ohyama, Yoshima, Japan.

projectgetready.org/

Project Get Ready is a non-profit initiative led by Rocky Mountain Institute, in conjunction with a wide array of partners and technical advisers. Project Get Ready will:

  • Create a dynamic “menu” of strategic plug-in readiness actions including the “business case” for each action.
  • Provide a web database of American and international plug-in readiness activities.
  • Convene at least 20 cities as well as technical players regularly to discuss their lessons learned and best practices, and report these conversations on our website and materials.
1982: The Lifestream of objects x Jan Chipchase. For any given object how might an awareness of past and future use and context affect the sale? Today’s the psychology is all about closing the deal and moving on, in our future perfect there is no closure, just continuity. via Future Perfect » The Lifestream of Objects