San Juan to Ban Cars, Make "Walkable City" | Planetizen

San Juan to Ban Cars, Make "Walkable City" | Planetizen: "The city of San Juan has unveiled a plan to make its oldest district, Isleta, livable and walkable. Isleta is a small island connected to mainland Puerto Rico by a series of bridges and a ferry. These are not enough to suit the needs of its citizens. Banning automobiles from Old San Juan and adding a light rail system are the first and most important steps, followed by the revitalization of old neighborhoods, an emphasis on public spaces and walkability and new mixed-use developments. The plan affects Isleta, which is composed of Puerta de Tierra and the more well-known and touristy Old San Juan, and the Convention Center District."

"Mobilidade urbana em Florianópolis" - por Daniel de Araujo Costa: a paralisia afeta toda a cidade

Seja bem-vindo.Florianópolis está vivendo uma grave crise de mobilidade urbana, sendo inclusive considerada a pior cidade neste quesito em nosso País. A cidade e a população cresceram muito e, com a priorização do carro como transporte individual, os problemas se tornaram evidentes. E não adianta duplicar vias, pois só estaremos duplicando filas, temos que reduzir o número de veículos nas ruas.

Biofuels not a solution

US autosprawl ruining the lives of the Bolivian people

...the Bolivian people, no matter how sustainably they choose to live, have no power to save their glaciers.

Bolivia’s climate summit has had moments of joy, levity and absurdity. Yet underneath it all, you can feel the emotion that provoked this gathering: rage against helplessness. . . .

That’s because the actions causing the melting are taking place not in Bolivia but on the highways and in the industrial zones of heavily industrialized countries. . . . TheCityProject

Will uncontacted tribes die so oil can be wasted in traffic jams?

Anglo-French oil company Perenco has revealed plans to build a pipeline deep into the heart of uncontacted tribes’ land in the Amazon rainforest.

The pipeline is being built to transport an estimated three hundred million barrels of oil from the depths of the northern Peruvian Amazon. The company makes no mention of the tribes in its report detailing the potential social and environmental impacts of the pipeline, despite the fact they could be decimated by contact with Perenco’s workers. SurvivalInternational

Chevron boss afraid to talk to Cofan leader

On Sunday, Emergildo Criollo, an Indigenous leader of the Cofan people in Ecuador, traveled from his home in the Amazon rainforest to personally deliver a message to the oil giant’s newCEO John Watson.

....He came bearing a powerful letter from other Indigenous and community leaders from the region in Ecuador that Chevron systematically poisoned with toxic oil and waste dumping. As well as the 325,000+ signatures of support from people all over the globe – probably many of you – who are also urging Chevron to do the right thing and clean up Ecuador.

Unfortunately, John Watson (who has never been to Ecuador to witness the devastation that 18 billion gallons of oil waste his company is responsible for has caused) refused to listen... itsgettinghotinhere

Brazil - Struggle for the free pass