Banning Cars from Manhattan (Paul Goodman)

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Author: knabb
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 03:15

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Now online at the Bureau of Public Secrets website:

"BANNING CARS FROM MANHATTAN"
by Paul & Percival Goodman
http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/goodman-cars.htm

"We propose banning private cars from Manhattan Island. . . . Present
congestion and parking are unworkable, and other proposed solutions are
uneconomic, disruptive, unhealthy, nonurban, or impractical. . . ."


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"Urbanism and Community Planning" (Kenneth Rexroth)
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"Formulary for a New Urbanism" (Ivan Chtcheglov)
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"Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography" (Guy Debord)
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Re: Banning Cars from Manhattan (Paul Goodman)

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Author: Fred
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:25

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<knabb@bopsecrets.org> wrote in message 
news:1124507758.790243.60860@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Now online at the Bureau of Public Secrets website:
>
> "BANNING CARS FROM MANHATTAN"
> by Paul & Percival Goodman
> http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/goodman-cars.htm
>
> "We propose banning private cars from Manhattan Island. . . . Present
> congestion and parking are unworkable, and other proposed solutions are
> uneconomic, disruptive, unhealthy, nonurban, or impractical. . . ."
>
>

Everytime I go to San Francisco I feel the same thing.  How great that city 
would be if it didn't have all those cars.

Re: Banning Cars from Manhattan (Paul Goodman)

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Author: Timothy Smith
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:56

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In article <lhyNe.3029$3F6.1735@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
 
> Everytime I go to San Francisco I feel the same thing.  How great that city 
> would be if it didn't have all those cars.

Nah. Just get rid of those cable cars. That'll solve the problem.

Re: Banning Cars from Manhattan (Paul Goodman)

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Author: Karstens Rage
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 04:06

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Fred wrote:
 > Everytime I go to San Francisco I feel the same thing.  How great
that city
> would be if it didn't have all those cars.
> 
Every time I go anywhere I feel the same thing. Im hopeful that gas goes
to somewhere where even the freeways are open to cyclists.

k

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