Seven Generational Ruminations

A blog about peak oil and the need to change transportation with this attitude: If you understand the issue of Peak Oil, then you understand that transportation needs to change dramatically in the coming years. This website is not about debating whether Peak Oil is true/false or when it is happening. I am already beyond that and I don’t care for that type of debate.

This guide rates only environmental performance when the vehicle is in use. It does not account for other environmental factors, such as recyclability of the vehicle, or for any other factors that people may consider when choosing a vehicle, such as safety, cost, or driving performance.

Information on this site is based on data that vehicle manufacturers submit to EPA. While EPA makes every effort to assure that these data are complete and accurate, it cannot guarantee this.

Mark Rehder is a drummer in Canada who has been car-free since 1991. He is an avid bicyclist, and has built several bicycles all of which are described on his site. Including extensive construction details.

Worldcarfree.net is a clearinghouse of information from around the world on how to revitalise our towns and cities and create a sustainable future. In addition to serving the carfree movement, Worldcarfree.net offers resources for architects, planners, teachers/professors, students, decision-makers and engaged citizens.

World Carfree Network grew out of the activities of Car Busters, an international organisation within the carfree movement founded in 1997.

World Carfree Network uses the term "carfree movement" rather broadly, to refer to:

• those promoting alternatives to car dependence and car culture, including alternative modes such as cycling, walking and public transport;
• those promoting carfree lifestyle choices, within either a car-dependent, car-lite* or carfree local context;
• those promoting the building of (usually mixed-use) carfree environments# on either brownfield or greenfield sites (usually sited to ensure easy access to a variety of non-automotive transport modes);
• those promoting carfree days, using the events as tools to bring about long-term on-the-ground change in infrastructure and priorities (example: Bogota); and
• those promoting the transformation of existing villages, towns and cities (or parts of them) into carfree environments.

Car-free zones (also known as auto-free zones and pedestrianised zones) are areas of a city or town in which automobile traffic is prohibited. They are instituted by communities who feel that it is desirable to have areas not dominated by the automobile. Converting a street or an area to car-free use is called pedestrianization.

This is a list of noteworthy car-free areas. To be included, areas should meet at least one of the following criteria:

• They are unusual for their country or region
• They make up a sizeable fraction of a city, town, or island

Carfree.com - the web site that goes with the book. Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles.

Carfree Cities (the book) offers a practical solution to the many urban problems caused by cars and trucks. The carfree city saves energy, preserves the environment, and improves the quality of our lives.