Transportation Liberation Roadshow

Transportation Liberation, as presented by ObbieZ and RoZ at the
"Towards Carfree Cities" conference in Portland, OR, June 2008.

Running time: 38:21

Car-free living is a lifestyle choice that yields abundant rewards: freedom from the economic burdens of personal motorized transportation, improved physical and emotional well-being, reduced noise and pollution, and traffic structures that are gentler on the land and its citizens. Communities are brought closer together as people increasingly interact face-to-face, rather than from within steel shells. Liberation from private motorized transportation makes us a richer, healthier, happier people living in cleaner, quieter, friendlier neighborhoods.

In this multimedia workshop, Obbie and RoZ describe the steps on their trail toward Transportation Liberation, and discuss a multitude of pragmatic ideas on how to make driving optional. The program is punctuated by personal narratives (including sights and sounds) of good and bad transportation methods witnessed during extensive research in North America and Europe.

During ten years as a travelling campaigner for sustainable lifestyles, Obbie learned about transportation by experiencing nearly every major American city as a driver, bicyclist, and transit rider. Since RoZ joined him in 1993, they've sworn off car-dependece and have been car-free since 2003. They are based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where they are outspoken advocates for the rights of bicyclists and pedestrians, and for the types of community design that make car-free living both possible and pleasant.

a purplearth production

http://www.purplearth.net/TransLib/

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• transportation
• liberation
• bicycle
• transit
• sustainability

[pdxktv]

Thanks for favoriting this. I don't think cars will ever go away in one form or another. But the "love affair" is dying.

[DerailedThought]

Here's an idea: We need jobs, and we need less car-dependent infrastructure. So, let's build it! Forget waiting for the government to take care of us... WE are the government. Let's take our resources, pool them together and build! Fed funds have too many strings attached.

[pdxktv]

Sounds like a whole new govt to me. But whatever is clever, I'm for it.

[mhynson9]

The reason public transportation is done by the gov. is that there isn't enough profit in it to be viable for the private sector.

We need to find a way to make it so, and then companies will invest. They won't do anything w/o a profit.

This is a great idea, we just need to figure out a way to make it viable.

[pdxktv]

it won't be viable as long as we are subsidizing the automobile as much as we are now.

[k1elucas]

Thanks for posting this. Very informative and inspiring.

[travelnewt]

Super motivational! We need more reliable public transportation out here on the west coast!

[xftmftmx]

NICE! 

[kickflipjr]

gas needs to be more expensive before I give up my car. I think I will give it up if gas gets up to $8 - $10/ gallon. There is just too much energy in a gasoline for me to compleatly give it up without kicking and screaming.

The only thing that will stop car usage in a America is insanely high gas prices or gas shortages.

I did enjoy the video and I added it to my favorites.

[pdxktv]

Public transportation on the west coast mostly sucks.

GM, Firestone and Standard oil are partly to thank since they monopolized the streetcar system and then systematically destroyed it. And now GM wants a bailout!? We should make them put the trains back.

As for viruses and predators... Life is risk and that risk is not averted by the four-wheel steel trap, especially when you factor in obesity.

[ali0tis]

public transportation takes 3x as long as driving here on the west coast & one runs the risk of violence associated with all the proximity of sickos (viruses & predators).

[tomasdeltoro]

Here in Mexico we're so far from that, because in the public transportatino services we spend 50% more time than using a car.

But I actually use my bike to go around on week ends.

Now Im lookin' to buy a foldable bike to take it with me to work.

Congratulation for this video!!!!