UrbanThoreau Critiques: from Street to World and Back Again
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Pedaling Revolution Goes Into Third Press Run!!!!
The Oregonian reports that Pedaling Revolution has gone viral in a pandemic sort of way across the bike world.
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Conscience Tweak II: Thomas Berry
I often read the NYT Obits because they often fill in the gaps of my knowledge of events, thinkers, authors that fall in that middle time period between current events and history (so far that tends to coincide with the time of my childhood!). One great thinker I apparently missed is Thomas Berry (NYT Obit)…
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Sanitary Sprawl
Madison continues its subsidization of outer-ring aldermanic districts; this time via extravagant sewerage projects.
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Cool New Regional Bus Service to Portage
Multi-modal fun on the new bus between Madison & Portage!
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Ivey Misses the Air for the Exhaust
Ivey looks on the dark side for a bright, promising proposal to reduce car traffic in Madison
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Mayor Pave Woos the Cul-de-Sacs
Cap Times reporter Kristin Czubkowski reports on zombie pol Mayor Pave’s reincarnation as Paul Soglin.
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Bike Zeitgeist: Being the Engine, Pedaling Revolution
GM just went bust. The Highway “Trust” Fund went bust a few months ago. The repo man is busy, busy, busy. No better time than today to introduce two great works that celebrate a better way: Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities a book by Jeff Mapes (with a strong Madison connection; more…
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A Great Perspective on Living Simply….
This article in today’s NYT was a fun read. It brings a little perspective to our gluttony and growth-at-all-costs ideology. But we keep pining away for more, More, MORE….
Got any book recommendations?