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Automobile Reduction Measures

• Auto-Free Central Park!

• There used to be roadways going through Washington Square Park. Valuable lessons arise from examining the community organizing used to remove the cars and the traffic consequences of that change.

• The traffic impact of the collapse and repair of the West Side Highway also has bearing on the efforts to remove cars from Central Park.

• "NJ Transit Can Do Better Than Rely on Park-and-Ride Lots." By Daniel Convissor. Published as a "Speaking Up" opinion piece in the 29 May 1996 edition of The Star-Ledger.

• "Amsterdam Plans Wide Limit on Cars." By Marlisle Simons. New York Times, 28 January 1993.

• Automobile Reduction Measures

• Automobile Reduction Makes Cremona Italy a Gem. "On Two Wheels in Italian Traffic." By Margaret Logan. The New York Times, 4 February 1990.

• Learning from the Best and Worst: Transportation and Land Use Lessons from Thirty-Two International Cities with Implications for Gasoline Use and Emissions

• Central London Traffic Closing due to bombing winds up being very popular, so is extended.

• Push / Pull: The Way to Get Rid of Cars

• Transit Promotion and Automobile Reduction Go Hand in Hand. Feeder Bus for Downtown People Mover. By Fazil Najafi and Emil Nassar. US DOT June 1990.

• Tips for Making Employer Trip Reduction Work

• "Pollution Rules Affect Commuting in Southern California." Wall Street Journal, 15 January 1991.

• Gasoline is Cheaper Now Than in the 1950's

• "Creating a Livable Community" in Strasbourg, France

• Erosion of Cities by Automobiles

• The Surface Transportation Policy Project has found areas of sprawl development have higher death rates from Aggressive Driving.

• A Conservative Transportation Policy. By Daniel Convissor. Auto-Free Press, November/December 1990. Reprinted in Solar Mind, March/April 1991.

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