Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Go (Paris) Greens!

I rail about absolute vs. relative improvement from time to time. E.g., is a Prius really better than a car if it's still a car... The Greens in Paris are opposing the Autolib carsharing program, using electric cars, proposed by Mayor Delanoe for launch because they say it promotes car use, which should not be promoted. See "Green Party wants auto use reduced. Period," from the AP via the Philadelphia Inquirer.
http://parisbanlieue.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2008/02/20minutes-autolib.1204131894.jpg
Image from Le Monde, in the Paris Banlieue blog, "Tramway des gares, Autolib’ et murets de couloirs de bus, ou pas de programme municipal sans chapitre transports, même à Paris."

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