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Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco

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Park(ing) Day San FranciscoA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 6:51 – 22.05 MB, QuickTime New York City Streets Renaissance Filmmaker Clarence Eckerson happened to be in San Francisco on Thursday during International Park(ing) Day. Organized by an art collective called Rebar Group, the idea behind Park(ing) is to reclaim curbside automobile parking spaces by temporarily transforming […]

State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change

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If you think Eliot Spitzer picked some tough fights as Attorney General, check out this guy Lockyer in California: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California filed a global warming lawsuit on Wednesday against Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and three other automakers, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state millions of dollars. […]

Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging

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But Reject the Political Party That Supported It. Result: Gridlock Over Gridlock. On Sunday, residents of Stockholm, Sweden voted to continue their city’s seven-month long experiment with congestion charging. With 53 percent of the electorate in favor of congestion charging, the referendum represented a definitive victory for a system that reduced Stockholm’s traffic congestion by […]

Beaten 9/11 Firefighter is Road Rage Victim

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From today’s Daily News: After attending a 9/11 memorial last Monday, Berkhout was walking with his wife, Margaret, when a car recklessly sped past them, and he yelled at it. The car skidded to a stop, and three men got out: 28-year-old twins Darnell and Darian Taylor, and their 25-year-old brother Christopher Robinson, cops said. […]

Stockholm Voters OK Congestion Charging

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From this morning’s International Herald Tribune: Near-complete results for the Sunday referendum showed that 51.7 percent of Stockholm voters approved the traffic toll, while 45.6 percent voted against it. The congestion fee was contested when city officials introduced it in a seven-month trial that ran between January and July. Public opinion swung in favor of […]
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