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Hometown:
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About Me:
I am a policy analyst currently working in the field of environmental protection. Other activities include: Advocacy of public transit, including advanced technologies such as APMs and Personal Rapid Transit (aka 'podcars'); writing political humor at "Wiseline Insitute NW" (see feed below), and ragebot.com; I've started writing about food at servietteunion.blogspot.com; serving on grassroots committees for pedestrian and bicycle safety in Seattle; SoundPRT, an ad hoc Seattle group advocating podcars. My Flickr sets are at -- tinyurl.com/53r24b
Website:
http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us
Favorite Music:
Stuck in 1977-83; flamenco; Portuguese fado

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Wiseline Institute NW

Bush Not Unpopular - Voted Federal Employee of the Month

President Bush has been honored as the U.S. government's Federal Employee of the Month for July, the General Services Administration announced today. ... In the first six months of 2008, Bush has been a veritable whirlwind of activity. He has filled in for

Seattle-area man's sweet deal - Used Hummer incredibly cheap

A Seattle-area man defied prevailing pessimistic consumer attitudes last weekend, pulling off what he calls "the deal of a lifetime." On Sunday afternoon Bernard K. "Bucky" Frandle, 31, of Lynnwood, a suburb north of Seattle, showed off his acquisition, a used 2006 Hummer H2... "Why someone would sell such a cherry ride for only $1,200 is a mystery to me," said Frandle.

Nickels has plan to fight hunger - Seattle mayor wants more sidewalk cafes

Greg Nickels, Seattle's green mayor, today announced a new plan he hopes will make food more available on the streets, promote business, and encourage walking. Nickels proposes to make it easier and cheaper to get a permit for a sidewalk cafe. Seattle's green mayor had the idea earlier this year, during a walking tour connected to work on the Pedestrian Master Plan. "I noticed almost immediately that there were no places for me to grab a snack," said the mayor.

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Locking-in green behavior

Ten observations related to how people are adjusting to high fuel prices, and maybe we can have a discussion. 1. "Peak oil" is on the digital lips of many progressive bloggers. This event, assuming it has happened, signals the start of a fundamental restructuring. The economy will have to respond by replacing oil with another energy input. 2. Progressive opinion leaders are observing, however, that the problem is not supply, and speculation is responsible for higher pump prices.… Continue

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments (Add)

Sustainability is People

Seattle experienced a passing this week: Edith Macefield, 86, a longtime Ballard resident who loved animals and the opera, and may have been a spy in World War II. But she is best known as the person who dug in her heels and made a developer build around her little house:

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Posted on June 19th, 2008 at 11:30am — 5 Comments (Add)

A little extra effort, please

I bet there are a lot of stark, unfriendly pedestrian routes in your town. One of my least favorite is the corner of Pine & Boren (satellite view) in downtown Seattle.

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Posted on June 10th, 2008 at 9:00am — 4 Comments (Add)

Sustainable transit - Marine conservation - Seattle and Bikes

Sustainable Transit

Personal Rapid Transit ("Podcars") | Conventional transit | Marine conservation | Seattle and Bikes

Skycab video (World Wildlife Fund Climate Solver)

Masdar and Personal Rapid Transit on NPR's Climate Connections --

:: Part 1 (PRT introduced at :6:30)

:: Part 2 (PRT @ :1:45)

Masdar and PRT on Living On Earth

Podcast interview with Martin Lowson of the ULTra PRT program (the Heathrow project)

What the European Commission says about PRT.

Masdar - First carbon-free community:

ULTra under construction at Heathrow:

BAA's Heathrow ULTra video now online:

ATS Ltd's ULTra video (from its USA site):

PRT vision that includes Dual Mode (pods that can also drive on streets), by Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis (SIKA):

Quicktime video about Vectus, Korean PRT testing in Sweden: .

PRT concept for Microsoft campus (showing Taxi 2000):

West Virginia University 8-20 passenger peoplemover, aka "The PRT"; product of federal interest in PRT in the early 1970s:

Cabintaxi demonstration, German PRT from late 1970s:

Conventional Transit | Podcars | Marine conservation | Seattle and Bikes

Eugene, OR, BRT: Streetcar on rubber tires.

Curitiba omnibus (Video)

Eurostar:

BARTtv at Bay Area Rapid Transit

Portland aerial tram (Video)

Marine Conservation | Podcars | Conventional transit | Seattle and Bikes

Failing Our Sound May 2008 Seattle Times series

Sound of Broken Promises. Ongoing Seattle P-I coverage of issues affecting Puget Sound and marine life.

Starfish (Presidents of the United States of America)

The low dissolved-oxygen problem in Hood Canal, Washington state:

Water quality issues in Hood Canal (three parts)

Zodiac by Neal Stephenson

As The Sea Churns (humorous vignettes addressing water quality issues of Puget Sound, Washington state): 1, 2, 3

Seattle and Bikes | Podcars | Conventional transit | Marine conservation

"Century 21 Calling" (Video, Seattle world fair 1962) MST3K version

Seattle Bikestation for commuters (Quicktime)

An electronic road flare I bike with in atrocious weather (Video)

Gmap Pedometer. Map your bike route with Google Maps -- get mileage and elevation data!

Veloway self-serve bike rental concept

"Seattle" (P.I.L.)

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At 11:43am on January 15th, 2008, Austin said…
Cool Videos! I like the transportation pods. Can we make them run on magnetic pulse energy?
 
 

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