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Streets "What would I do without World Streets? It's always a

great read, a source of inspiration, information, a sense
of community."
journal - From a reader in South Africa

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SINGLE ISSUE: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION. Read in:
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 World
Streets "World Streets needs to catch on before my
feet get wet."
- From a reader in the Netherlands
missio
n
“WE HAVE TO REDUCE ABOUT 80 % OF OUR new mobility toolkit:
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT 10
Bicycles. Bike/Transit
TO 1 5 YEARS”* Integration. Bus Rapid
Transport contributes ca. 15-25% of all GHG emissions. Transit. Buses. Car diets. Car
free days. Car Free Planning.
Car rental. Carpooling.
The only effective way to reduce transport-generated CO2 within this Carsharing. Community Bus.
time horizon lies in the (a) immediate, (b) radical, and (c) strategic Demand Responsive Transit.
Digital Hitchhiking..
reduction of motor vehicle traffic. Enforcement. Flextime. Free
Public Transport. Full cost
To do this we need to clear the fog and focus 100% on those tools and pricing. Green driving.
Green parking. Hitchhiking.
measures that will specifically permit us to achieve GHG reductions of 2- HOV Strategies. Integrated
Fare Systems. Jitney. Land
5% per year. Starting immediately. Use. Lead by example. Level
playing field tax/write-off
While in exact parallel, new and better mobility options must be opened policies. Light rail. Mini/Midi
Bus. Mixed Use. Multi-modal
up to all. strategies. New Mobility
HUBs. Paratransit. Public
The leading edge of practice in the sector concurs that this necessarily Bicycle Systems. Public
aggressive policy is (a) feasible, (b) realistic and (c) effective -- and has spaces. Ride Sharing. Road
architecture. Road diets.
identified a broad spectrum of real-world mobility modes, measures, Road pricing. School
projects Share taxis. Shuttle
tools, solutions and strategies that work. Services. Slugging. Small
Bus Systems. SOV
Systematic GHG reductions impact proportionately on quality of life, Strategies. Speed
Reductions. Street Codes.
fossil fuel savings, environmental improvements, enhancements of Street Reclaiming. Tax
personal health, economic renewal, stronger communities . . . and policy. Taxis.
Telecommuting. Telework.
* President W. J. Clinton in announcing creation of the joint C40 Traffic Calming. Transit
Cities program backed by the Clinton Climate Initiative, 6 Encouragement. Transit
August 2006

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Streets "When I look at World Streets I wonder why it wasn’t
done before; it’s so obvious that we need an
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