Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
More Annotations
Mebline - Moderný nábytok | Internetový obchod
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Amarillo News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KVII
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Deathordesigner.com | news, tips , tricks , advices
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Denver Business Lawyers | Mallon Lonnquist Morris & Watrous
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy | Discovering Your Ancestors – One Gene at a Time
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Something Different Boutique | Online Gift Shop | Easton PA
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of dguniversegroup.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Politik & Kommunikation | Deutschlands einziges Fachmagazin für politische Kommunikation.
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Favourite Annotations
Tours & Tailor-made Holidays | Travel Packages | Memphis Tours
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
SuvTravel - Nice Resort, Travel Advice, Reviews and Guides
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Giáo Xứ Đại Phú, Lê Hồ, Kim Bảng, Hà Nam
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Madras Courier | Quicquid Agunt Homines
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Find Yard Sales & Garage Sales | Add your sale FREE | YardSales.net
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Недвижимость в Израиле - Объявления о продаже и аренде недвижимости
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Text
CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES Existing carfree areas. Siena, Italy, 1998. The listing of carfree places is now maintained on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.. The old listing (from the time of upload to Wikipedia) is still available.. Return Home About the book: Carfree Cities E-mail carfree.com CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: J.H. CRAWFORD Author Biography. J.H. Crawford was born and raised in North America. From the age of seven he lived within the orbit of New York City, except for two spells in the Town of Mount Royal, a railroad suburb of Montréal. As a youth, he traveled by train and bicycle through a Europe still relatively free of cars. CARFREE CITIES: MOROCCO The Medina of Fes-al-Bali. Fes-al-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is a nearly intact medieval city. With a 2002 population of 156,000, it is probably the largest contiguous carfree area in the world today. In January of 2002, several like-minded friends and I spent five days in Fes during the course of aJ.H. CRAWFORD
Writer and Editor. Established Carfree.com while completing Carfree Cities. Promoted carfree concept through articles in various Internet and print publications. Gave presentations and radio interviews in Europe and North America. Started work on Carfree Design Manual. Crawford Systems. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990-1998. CITY PHOTOGRAPHS: VENICE City Photographs Venice Click on a photo to view it in detail. Use your browser's Back button to return. CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES Existing carfree areas. Siena, Italy, 1998. The listing of carfree places is now maintained on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.. The old listing (from the time of upload to Wikipedia) is still available.. Return Home About the book: Carfree Cities E-mail carfree.com CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: J.H. CRAWFORD Author Biography. J.H. Crawford was born and raised in North America. From the age of seven he lived within the orbit of New York City, except for two spells in the Town of Mount Royal, a railroad suburb of Montréal. As a youth, he traveled by train and bicycle through a Europe still relatively free of cars. CARFREE CITIES: MOROCCO The Medina of Fes-al-Bali. Fes-al-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is a nearly intact medieval city. With a 2002 population of 156,000, it is probably the largest contiguous carfree area in the world today. In January of 2002, several like-minded friends and I spent five days in Fes during the course of aJ.H. CRAWFORD
Writer and Editor. Established Carfree.com while completing Carfree Cities. Promoted carfree concept through articles in various Internet and print publications. Gave presentations and radio interviews in Europe and North America. Started work on Carfree Design Manual. Crawford Systems. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990-1998. CITY PHOTOGRAPHS: VENICE City Photographs Venice Click on a photo to view it in detail. Use your browser's Back button to return. CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES Existing carfree areas. Siena, Italy, 1998. The listing of carfree places is now maintained on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.. The old listing (from the time of upload to Wikipedia) is still available.. Return Home About the book: Carfree Cities E-mail carfree.com CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: J.H. CRAWFORD Author Biography. J.H. Crawford was born and raised in North America. From the age of seven he lived within the orbit of New York City, except for two spells in the Town of Mount Royal, a railroad suburb of Montréal. As a youth, he traveled by train and bicycle through a Europe still relatively free of cars.J.H. CRAWFORD
Writer and Editor. Established Carfree.com while completing Carfree Cities. Promoted carfree concept through articles in various Internet and print publications. Gave presentations and radio interviews in Europe and North America. Started work on Carfree Design Manual. Crawford Systems. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990-1998. CARFREE CITIES: MOROCCO The Medina of Fes-al-Bali. Fes-al-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is a nearly intact medieval city. With a 2002 population of 156,000, it is probably the largest contiguous carfree area in the world today. In January of 2002, several like-minded friends and I spent five days in Fes during the course of aCARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district THE BOOK: CARFREE CITIES: PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. CRAWFORD J.H. Crawford has published the following articles and interviews related to the carfree concept. J.H. Crawford is the sole author except where otherwise noted. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES Existing carfree areas. Siena, Italy, 1998. The listing of carfree places is now maintained on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.. The old listing (from the time of upload to Wikipedia) is still available.. Return Home About the book: Carfree Cities E-mail carfree.com CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: J.H. CRAWFORD Author Biography. J.H. Crawford was born and raised in North America. From the age of seven he lived within the orbit of New York City, except for two spells in the Town of Mount Royal, a railroad suburb of Montréal. As a youth, he traveled by train and bicycle through a Europe still relatively free of cars.J.H. CRAWFORD
Writer and Editor. Established Carfree.com while completing Carfree Cities. Promoted carfree concept through articles in various Internet and print publications. Gave presentations and radio interviews in Europe and North America. Started work on Carfree Design Manual. Crawford Systems. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990-1998. CARFREE CITIES: MOROCCO The Medina of Fes-al-Bali. Fes-al-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is a nearly intact medieval city. With a 2002 population of 156,000, it is probably the largest contiguous carfree area in the world today. In January of 2002, several like-minded friends and I spent five days in Fes during the course of a CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING PEOPLE Solutions to the problem of passenger transport in carfree cities. 1999 J.Crawford. One of the cornerstones of the carfree city is a transport system that provides faster and cheaper movement of passengers than the urban automobile. ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING PEOPLE Solutions to the problem of passenger transport in carfree cities. 1999 J.Crawford. One of the cornerstones of the carfree city is a transport system that provides faster and cheaper movement of passengers than the urban automobile. ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: CITY PHOTOGRAPHS City Photographs. This sub-site of Carfree.com provides access to about 2000 city photographs taken by J.H. Crawford since 1997. With few exceptions, these photographs are from Europe. Nearly all photographs were taken in the older and more central parts of cities. Photographs can be retrieved either by place or by category, andwithin each of
CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. CARFREE CITIES: LINKS: WEB: CARFREE SITES Carfree Cities - the web site that goes with the book. Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. Carfree Cities discussion group (maintained by J.H. Crawford at Yahoo!). Author J.H. Crawford's home page, with links to carfree cities, energy, and peace initiatives.. Intbau international network for traditional building arts and urbanism. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
CARFREE CITIES: TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS: INTERSTATE RAIL In short, this is a resource of unusual quality. Interstate Rail. We have seen that conventional railroad systems suffer from many serious problems, some of which could be solved but most of which are intrinsic to the basic design. CARFREE CITIES: PAPERS: FUEL-CELL TRAM PROPOSAL Better, Cheaper, and More Fuel-Efficient Public Transport By J.H. Crawford . Urgent Update See Carfree Times #37 for an update on fuel-cell efficiency. It's far lower than is usually claimed. This largely invalidates the proposal made here. CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING PEOPLE Solutions to the problem of passenger transport in carfree cities. 1999 J.Crawford. One of the cornerstones of the carfree city is a transport system that provides faster and cheaper movement of passengers than the urban automobile. ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING PEOPLE Solutions to the problem of passenger transport in carfree cities. 1999 J.Crawford. One of the cornerstones of the carfree city is a transport system that provides faster and cheaper movement of passengers than the urban automobile. ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page. CARFREE CITIES: CITY PHOTOGRAPHS City Photographs. This sub-site of Carfree.com provides access to about 2000 city photographs taken by J.H. Crawford since 1997. With few exceptions, these photographs are from Europe. Nearly all photographs were taken in the older and more central parts of cities. Photographs can be retrieved either by place or by category, andwithin each of
CARFREE CITIES: DISTRICTS The Reference District is 760m (2500') in diameter. If the design for the city as a whole is to work, each district must meet a number of design criteria. Design standards for the Reference District are given below and serve as a yardstick against which to measure district designs. The standards must be reached by the average district CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. CARFREE CITIES: LINKS: WEB: CARFREE SITES Carfree Cities - the web site that goes with the book. Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. Carfree Cities discussion group (maintained by J.H. Crawford at Yahoo!). Author J.H. Crawford's home page, with links to carfree cities, energy, and peace initiatives.. Intbau international network for traditional building arts and urbanism. CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
CARFREE CITIES: TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS: INTERSTATE RAIL In short, this is a resource of unusual quality. Interstate Rail. We have seen that conventional railroad systems suffer from many serious problems, some of which could be solved but most of which are intrinsic to the basic design. CARFREE CITIES: PAPERS: FUEL-CELL TRAM PROPOSAL Better, Cheaper, and More Fuel-Efficient Public Transport By J.H. Crawford . Urgent Update See Carfree Times #37 for an update on fuel-cell efficiency. It's far lower than is usually claimed. This largely invalidates the proposal made here. CARFREE TIMES: JANUARY 2001 Venice during rush hour, February 1997 News at Carfree.com Carfree Cities Distribution The best place to order Carfree Cities on the Internet is still D.A. Salzmann - Books of Special Interest, where the book is in stock for prompt shipment ($29.95 plus $3.00 for surface shipment in the USA, plus California sales tax where applicable).For detailed information, see the Ordering Information page.CARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: CAR CRISIS Many of the victims are children; the car is the leading cause of death among the young. Automobile accidents are the leading cause of lost life-expectancy in the US. In some developing nations, death-by-auto is the leading cause of death after intestinal infections. About 15,000,000 people have now been killed in traffic accidents worldwide. CARFREE CITIES: FAR EXPLAINEDFAR EXPLAINEDCALCULATING FARFAA PART 119 EXPLAINEDFEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS EXPLAINEDJEPPESEN FARS EXPLAINED A FAR of 1.0. The illustration above shows a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0. This simply means that, if the area of the plot is 100 square meters, then 100 square meters of ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are ΠΌΛΕΙΣ ΧΩΡΊΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΊΝΗΤΟ Πηγαίνοντας χωρίς αυτοκίνητο. Η πόλη χωρίς αυτοκίνητο μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθεί. Η Βενετία είναι επαρκής απόδειξη. Τα τέσσερα εκατομμύρια των κατοίκων του αναπτυσσόμενου κόσμου φαίνονταιCARFREE CITIES
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Presents solutions to the problem of the urban automobile. CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: LIFE IN THE CITY Society Cities are the great havens for knowledge, culture, and social life. Vibrant cultures are found in cities because it takes a large population to support museums, concert CARFREE CITIES: EXISTING CARFREE PLACES This is the old listing and is no longer updated. The current listing of carfree places is maintained on Wikipedia. Introduction The system is somewhat arbitrary and not scientific. The basic idea was to identify major carfree urban areas. CARFREE CITIES: CITY TOPOLOGY A topology for carfree cities is developed and explained. click to open zoom) 1999 J.Crawford The Design Standards for carfree cities as established in the Introduction can be achieved in a city that offers an excellent quality of life. Considerable thought has been given to the arrangement of a city which best fulfills the design standards. CARFREE CITIES: BLOCKS The Reference Block is of average size. It is roughly rectangular and measures about 80 by 60 meters (measured to the centerlines of the encompassing streets, which are 5 meters wide). The interior courtyard is about 60 by 40 meters. About 88 blocks of this size would comprise a single district, although most of the blocks would be of a CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS: FIRST STEPS 2004 J.Crawford. We consider here why implementation of carfree areas in existing cities must be phased and should proceed at a moderate pace. We also consider measures to reduce car traffic early in theconversion process.
CARFREE CITIES: CITY LIFE: CAR CRISIS Many of the victims are children; the car is the leading cause of death among the young. Automobile accidents are the leading cause of lost life-expectancy in the US. In some developing nations, death-by-auto is the leading cause of death after intestinal infections. About 15,000,000 people have now been killed in traffic accidents worldwide. CARFREE CITIES: FAR EXPLAINEDFAR EXPLAINEDCALCULATING FARFAA PART 119 EXPLAINEDFEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS EXPLAINEDJEPPESEN FARS EXPLAINED A FAR of 1.0. The illustration above shows a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0. This simply means that, if the area of the plot is 100 square meters, then 100 square meters of ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY 5 urban drainage system covers the district and there have been innovations in waste water treatment. ‘Carfree’ blocks developed by Baugruppen Café Terrace on Vaubanallee Employment and Services Only a small area was zoned for employment use, although shops and small businesses are ΠΌΛΕΙΣ ΧΩΡΊΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΊΝΗΤΟ Πηγαίνοντας χωρίς αυτοκίνητο. Η πόλη χωρίς αυτοκίνητο μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθεί. Η Βενετία είναι επαρκής απόδειξη. Τα τέσσερα εκατομμύρια των κατοίκων του αναπτυσσόμενου κόσμου φαίνονται CARFREE CITIES: CONVERSIONS The Challenges. The Reference Design for carfree cities can guide the development of most new-built cities, of which there will be quite a few in South and East Asia. In most of the rest of the world, populations are roughly stable, and few new cities will be needed. Unfortunately, the conversion of an existing city to the carfree modelis a
CARFREE CITIES: MOVING FREIGHT A detailed description of the proposed metro-freight system takes up a full chapter in Carfree Cities. A 10-foot shipping container, the smallest size in normal use, looks large on the streets of Amsterdam. Containers up to 53 feet in length are used around the world to move most cargoes except bulk materials. 2011 J.Crawford. CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE TIMES 2019: 2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2008-2014: 1997-2007: 18 September: 17 June: 4 March: 1 December: 6 September: 6 June: 19 March CARFREE CITIES: INTRODUCTION The Problem The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities. CARFREE CITIES: FAR EXPLAINED A FAR of 1.0. The illustration above shows a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0. This simply means that, if the area of the plot is 100 square meters, then 100 square meters of CARFREE CITIES: PLANNING: PATTERNS Carfree Cities: Planning: Patterns. A Venetian square surrounded by four-story buildings A Pattern Language is the book in which Christopher Alexander defined 253 patterns of human habitation which have been shown through the centuries to help fulfill basic human needs. The book has been an important foundation for my thinking,although I do
CARFREE CITIES: CARFREE DETAILS: OBJECTIONS There will doubtless be many objections raised to carfree cities. I have addressed several that are certain to arise. Congestion Those accustomed to suburban living may find the proposed densities too high, and it is certainly true that not everyone wants to live in adense urban core.
THE BOOK: CARFREE DESIGN MANUAL Cover Text The earlier book, Carfree Cities, proposed a practical arrangement for carfree cities based on walking, bicycling, and public transport. In Carfree Design Manual J.H. Crawford considers how to meld carfree planning with innovative design methods to achieve great improvements in the quality of urban design. The goal is to make carfree cities so irresistibly attractive that people AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: J.H. CRAWFORD Author Biography. J.H. Crawford was born and raised in North America. From the age of seven he lived within the orbit of New York City, except for two spells in the Town of Mount Royal, a railroad suburb of Montréal. As a youth, he traveled by train and bicycle through a Europe still relatively free of cars. ΠΌΛΕΙΣ ΧΩΡΊΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΊΝΗΤΟ Carfree cities Introduction in Greek. Το Πρόβλημα Τα βιομηχανικά κράτη έκαναν ένα τρομερό λάθος όταν στράφηκαν προς το ΙΧ αυτοκίνητο ως όργανο βελτίωσης της αστικής κινητικότητας.CARFREE
CITIES
The First Book
Carfree.com - the web site that goes with the books. _Carfree Cities_ and _Carfree Design Manual_ propose a delightful solution to the vexing problem ofurban automobiles.
CARFREE DESIGN MANUALThe Second Book
Carfree Cities
Carfree Details
On Cities
Resources
Carfree.com
INTRODUCTION
TOPOLOGY
DISTRICTS
BLOCKS
MOVING PEOPLE
MOVING FREIGHT
CONVERSIONS
OBJECTIONS
VIDEOS
DESIGN LIBRARY
VENICE
PATTERNS
CARFREE PLACES
54-MINUTE FILM
WEB RESOURCES
BOOKS
CARFREE TIMES
MORE PAGES
J.H. CRAWFORD
GOOGLE SEARCH
18 Sept. 2019
1996-2019 J.CrawfordPrivacy policy
Send e-mail
GDPR: This site collects no user data; all user data requests will therefore be ignored as invalid.Details
Copyright © 2024 ArchiveBay.com. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | DMCA | 2021 | Feedback | Advertising | RSS 2.0