>a massive new development that is ... strikingly, car-less.
>China’s (and the world’s?) first pedestrian-only city.
Venice often advertises itself as a car-less city. (It is <em>accessible</em> by car and bus, but I assume that "Great City" will also be.)
Of course, Venice does have motorized boat traffic to supplement walking transport.
how does he define "much"? Because it already hit 115 $ / barrel last year, and while the spot price is low now, I get the impression the futures market is rather more … expensive.
The popularity/revival of central cities is a fairly recent phenomenon. A generation ago we associated most high-density areas with inexpensive housing.
Page 5 of this paper has this chart that shows city, suburb and county trends in Philadelphia. That's only one city, of course, but it seems to support my thesis: in the long run city and suburbs move roughly together, but in past decades we would have characterized suburban housing as relatively expensive while now we characterize urban housing that way.
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Bicycle EDC:
My commute to work is about 15 miles (one way) across country blacktop, so you will probably not need half of this shit. But it is always nice to have in the event of an emergency. I've been thinking about packing an entrenchment tool (folding shovel) since tornado season is coming up, but I think that's kind of overkill considering that I can just pack a pocket chainsaw and dig a hole with a sturdy stick if I have to.
We used a Bell child's trailer for a while. It has a clamp that screwed onto the chainstay. Didn't require any hardware mounted on the bike itself.
I have a Madsen, they have a rain cover in development but not in production yet but some families have just made their own covers. http://tacomabikeranch.blogspot.com/2010/09/on-bucket-bikes.html?m=1 whichever cargo bike you buy, get each of your kids a coverall like a Muddy Buddy and they will be fine.
That is actually something my panniers are good at, they are not plain rectangular, but they are shaped so that my heels wouldnt kick into them. That is good for my requirements list for my market research in pannier bags.
Something else that I have considered is this, combined with a mesh net equipped with hooks that I can use to cover the basket and hold things from bouncing out.
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