SUSTAINABLE CITIES
11/13/07, “Locavore”, Coined in 2005, Word of the Year 2007, New York Times, The Lede Blog. A locavore is someone who tries to obtain as high a proportion of his diet as possible from local sources such as farmers’ markets. This is not always practical, depending on where one lives and the time of the year.
11/3/07 In a Seattle Speech, Mayor Bloomberg Calls for a National Pollution Tax, Seattle Times. The tax would be accompanied by a cut in federal payroll taxes. It follows the advice of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who said: “Tax what you want less of. Tax less what you want more of.” We want less pollution and more work.
10/15/07 Clean Buildings in NYC, Gotham Gazette. The biggest source of air pollution in NYC and other cities is not cars or people, it is buildings. New York, London and other cities are pursuing some good ideas. | QUOTE 10/24: "Problems are global, politics is local. In May, an elderly Penn South resident was killed by a truck as she was walking across Ninth Ave. Several fatalities have resulted from cars speeding downtown or turning at this intersection, a neighborhood “dead man’s curve” (see article in Chelsea Now) and ). Something has now been done about it. ..." (See NYC DOT slide show on the twofer innovation.) 10/24/07 Blogspot, Chelsea Intersection Made Safer.
COMMENT 10/23: "The health problems of World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have been in the news. Now Peter F. Rousmaniere has produced the most comprehensive analysis to date of what actually went wrong. He cites three independent failures at the local or state levels. One, the City’s safety enforcement at Ground Zero was poor, well below recognized standards… Two, employers, insurers, and City and state regulators failed to monitor the health condition of these workers… Three, NY State’s workers compensation system effectively collapsed…" 10/23/07 Blogspot, Why the Safety Net Collapsed for WTC Rescue Workers. |
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