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Car-free Masdar City plans still moving forward

Masdar, that "zero carbon, zero waste, car-free city" we first wrote about back in 2007 has been moving forward in Abu Dhabi. 100 sudents and faculty should be living in the early stages of development by the fall. Last November, the forces that be awarded Mustang Engineering (from Houston, Texas) a contract to ship the city's CO2 via pipeline to Abu Dhabi's oil reservoirs to be pumped underground for "enhanced oil recovery." The Masdar Initiative expects that five million tons of CO2 a year will be captured and reused by 2013. That's just one ... Read more →

London 2012 Olympics the first to be "car-free" Lascelles Linton

Eight million people are expected at the London 2012 Olympics but their cars are not invited. The 2012 games will be car free, a first for the Olympics, with the only options for transport between ...

Today is International Car Free Day Sebastian Blanco

If PARK(ing) Day wasn't enough for you, there's another day of paradigm-shifting activism taking place this weekend. Today is World Car Free Day. I don't think I need to explain what that is, do I? ...

Video: Car-free city coming 2009 Lascelles Linton

The Masdar initiative. Carbon neutral, zero waste city. And car-free. That's the part that's important to us. The video says cycling and walking will be the most popular form of transport. Everything ...

Car-free Masdar City plans still moving forward 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Masdar, that "zero carbon, zero waste, car-free city" we first wrote about back in 2007 has been moving forward in Abu Dhabi. 100 sudents and faculty should be living in the early stages of development by the fall. Last November, the forces that be awarded Mustang Engineering (from Houston, Texas) ...

London 2012 Olympics the first to be "car-free" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Eight million people are expected at the London 2012 Olympics but their cars are not invited. The 2012 games will be car free, a first for the Olympics, with the only options for transport between the venues 1) walking, 2) biking or 3) public transport. The "car exclusion zones" include parts of ...

Today is International Car Free Day 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If PARK(ing) Day wasn't enough for you, there's another day of paradigm-shifting activism taking place this weekend. Today is World Car Free Day. I don't think I need to explain what that is, do I? Good. The organizers, who work all year to reduce people's needs for cars, want to make this year's ...

Video: Car-free city coming 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Masdar initiative. Carbon neutral, zero waste city. And car-free. That's the part that's important to us. The video says cycling and walking will be the most popular form of transport. Everything you need will be 200 meters (656 feet) away. This is illustrated by creepy red rings in the video. ...


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