The Decline of HourCar Makes ‘Car-Free’ Less Convenient
In the last five years, HourCar’s service has seen a steep decline, due to a reduced number of vehicles, a lack of basic maintenance and plain old neglect.
Category: Carfree
National Links: Going Car-Free in Middle America
Car-free living in the heartland, junk traffic science, 15-minute-city conspiracies and more in this week’s National Links.
Car-Free Goals: How to Succeed Through Failure
I may have failed at my goals for winter biking, but I’ve managed to make biking over 14% of my personal modeshare!
National Links: Should Cities Use Cool Pavements?
Doubts are raised about cool pavements, engineers need more transportation education and other great reads await in this week’s National Links.
Streets.mn Envisions What ‘Happy New Year’ Means
Contributors share their New Year’s intentions for bringing to life the Streets.mn core values of advocating for people-centered, future-oriented, justice-driven and delight-cultivating places.
What Is Evie Carshare and Is It a Good Option for the Twin Cities?
The Twin Cities has spatial gaps in its transit service and social gaps in transportation equity. Car-sharing can connect people without cars to suburban areas, including their amenities and their jobs.
Camping for Urbanists
Going all-in on urbanism doesn’t mean you have to give up on spending time in the outdoors; in fact, many urbanists love going camping! We’ll talk to a city planner about creating car-free camping opportunities, and then follow a group on a hare-brained winter bike trip to ski and camp at Afton.
A Eulogy for Our Stolen Bikes
Bikes are just things, and yet they become part of you, infused with the experiences you have while riding. When a thief steals the bikes, where do the memories go?
National Links: How to Have a Happy Commute
Sahan Journal’s story about how multimodalism produces happier commutes made national news, plus how humans created Hurricane Ian.
From ‘Car-Heavy’ to ‘Car-Lite’: An (Involuntary) Experiment
After comfortably living with three cars, being forced to use only one can reveal many of the pros and cons of living a “car-lite” lifestyle.