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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Scooter planet As personal transportation becomes cheaper, the poor benefit and the climate suffers	Adam Stein	29 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In an interesting bit of synchronicity, the Times ran two nearly identical articles on the rocketing popularity of motor scooters in the developing world, one focusing on Iraq, the other on Laos. Although neither article mentions global warming, the pieces do neatly wind together some of the threads that will continue to pressure our climate system well into this century. The first thread is the rise of China as the world's factory floor. In this case, cheap Chinese bi ...
Topics: China, placemaking (all these topics)

China to hold no-car day Residents in over 100 Chinese cities urged to walk, bike, or use public transit this Saturday	Adam Browning	17 Sep 2007	Gristmill
China, once famed as a bicycling nation, tries to put the genie back in the bottle.
Topics: bikes, cars, China, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

'Eco cities' easier said than done in today's China	David Roberts	28 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Remember architect Bill McDonough's much-ballyhooed "eco-cities" in China? Mara Hvistendahl points to troubling signs that the projects are falling apart.
Topics: Bill McDonough, China, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

China and the long-distance runner Will bikes or cars win?	Jon Rynn	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill
China has an environmental problem. No, I'm not talking about weathering huge dust storms, opening one coal power plant a week, surpassing the U.S. as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, or flooding ecosystems with huge dam projects. I'm talking about something serious: If pollution does not get better in Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics, the long-distance track events may be canceled. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, 'China's new middle cl ...
Topics: bikes, cars, China, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

So That's What Those Trains Are For Beijing enacts four-day ban on vehicles, pushes public transportation		17 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
So That's What Those Trains Are For Beijing enacts four-day ban on vehicles, pushes public transportation Today marks the start of an experimental four-day vehicle ban in Beijing, China. While the motivation for the scheme is finding ways to clear the air for next year's Olympics, its execution is a lovely reminder that change is possible. Home to 16 million people, Beijing has about 3 million registered ve ...
Topics: China, news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Integrated urbanism in Dongtan Building the world's largest eco-city	Chris Schults	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The May 2007 issue of Wired Magazine has a piece about the development of the world's largest eco-city, Dongtan, underway on the outskirts of Shanghai (as we reported in May of last year). The article focuses on Alejandro Gutierrez and his team from Arup (project info here). Recommended reading.
Topics: China, urban planning, placemaking (all these topics)

On Track Betting A journey on China's controversial new train to Tibet	Erica Gies	23 Feb 2007	Main Dish
Each night, the Qinghai-Tibet train leaves Beijing at 9:30. A mere 48 hours later, it rolls into Lhasa, 2,525 miles away. Waiting to depart from Beijing. Photos: Erica Gies Shortly after 9 p.m. one warm night last fall, my travel companion and I raced through the sprawling West Beijing train station, weaving our way through a crush of humanity sitting on newspapers and bits of cardboard, eating cups ...
Topics: China, placemaking, public transportation, Tibet (all these topics)

Baoxing Match Fast-developing China to push for $200 billion energy-efficiency investment		19 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Baoxing Match Fast-developing China to push for $200 billion energy-efficiency investment China will try to nudge its burgeoning economy in a green direction by prompting building owners to spend some $200 billion by 2020 on energy efficiency for apartments and office buildings, Vice Minister of Construction Qiu Baoxing announced yesterday. Construction makes up 27 percent (and rising) of China's total energy consumption, and inef ...
Topics: China, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Move Thyself: "Kingdom of bicycles" experiencing identity crisis	Todd Hymas Samkara	15 Jun 2006	Gristmill
So, in case you haven't heard, China's economy has been growing a wee bit. The boom has fueled growth in incomes and is largely responsible for the attendant explosive growth in auto sales and use. Huge growth. The number of cars has grown over 20 times since 1978 and is expected to balloon another five times still by 2020. Meanwhile, bicycle ridership has fallen at roughly the same rate as auto use has grown, and city planners and officials, eager to keep the b ...
Topics: bikes, China, placemaking (all these topics)

Train of Thoughtless Railroad from Beijing to Tibet tries to outmaneuver climate change		07 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Train of Thoughtless Railroad from Beijing to Tibet tries to outmaneuver climate change A railroad connecting Beijing, China, to Lhasa, Tibet, has been completed, despite considerable political and environmental obstacles. The project, conceived over 40 years ago by Mao Zedong, is a symbol of Chinese domination and has faced opposition from proponents of Tibetan independence. The railroad runs through seismically active ar ...
Topics: China, news, placemaking, Tibet (all these topics)

Move Thyself: Deer avoids car, hits man on bicycle	Todd Hymas Samkara	22 May 2006	Gristmill
D'oh, a deer ...In other bicycle news, it seems the Chinese masses are increasingly trading in their classic cruiser-style Flying Pigeon bikes for cushy mountain bikes and higher tech road bikes (oh, and cars). Not a huge surprise, as an increase in affluence often leads to a transportation upgrade. But nonetheless, the state-owned bike company has noted the changing demographics of its riders as well as a dip in sales. Sales at Flying Pigeon, the state bicycle c ...
Topics: bikes, China, placemaking (all these topics)

Countries May Have Shifted During Flight China builds new airports; still not as pollutey as U.S.		10 May 2006	Daily Grist
Countries May Have Shifted During Flight China builds new airports; still not as pollutey as U.S. China plans to build 48 new airports in the next five years, spending $17.5 billion on construction and continuing expansion of existing hubs. The country is already the premier buyer of Boeing and Airbus planes, and has vowed to buy 100 planes every year until 2010. (For perspective: China's new hubs will bring its ...
Topics: China, climate, India, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Read and Green and Urban All Over Plans for an eco-city in China inspire a green neighborhood in London		05 May 2006	Daily Grist
Read and Green and Urban All Over Plans for an eco-city in China inspire a green neighborhood in London The world's largest eco-city is soon to be built in China, on an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River near Shanghai. Dongtan, being developed by London's Arup Urban Design, will consist of village-style neighborhoods and will emphasize pedestrian-friendliness, renewable-energy generat ...
Topics: China, green living, London, news, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Arup and at 'Em China hires British engineers to create self-sufficient urban centers		07 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Arup and at 'Em China hires British engineers to create self-sufficient urban centers Remember Logan's Run, the futuristic 1970s sci-fi flick where sex-crazed twentysomethings lived in a self-contained city sealed off from the ravages of a devastated environment? Seems reality might be catching up with fiction: China's hiring British firm Arup to design and build up to five "eco-cities" that will be self ...
Topics: China, news, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Take It E.V. Electric vehicles catching on in China; Smart cars coming to U.S.		23 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Take It E.V. Electric vehicles catching on in China; Smart cars coming to U.S. All the talk these days is about hybrid and hydrogen cars, but in China, where air pollution is an ongoing crisis, they haven't given up on electric vehicles. Improvements in battery technology are making electric cars, scooters, and buses a viable option, with shorter charging times and traveling ranges that rival t ...
Topics: cars, China, electric vehicles, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

If I Were Dictator ... Oh, Wait, I Am! China establishes its first-ever fuel-efficiency standards for cars		24 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
If I Were Dictator ... Oh, Wait, I Am! China establishes its first-ever fuel-efficiency standards for cars Attempting to combat its growing dependence on oil imports, China is set to establish fuel-efficiency standards for cars, SUVs, and vans for the first time. The standards are identical to those in a draft circulated last November, about which the auto industry strenuously complained, claiming they were too strict. ...
Topics: air pollution, China, placemaking (all these topics)

Wheeze and No Thank You Pollution a Likely Contributor to Rising Asthma Rates		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wheeze and No Thank You Pollution a Likely Contributor to Rising Asthma Rates Asthma rates are climbing around the world, and though scientists can't say precisely what's causing the increase, pollution is thought to be a serious contributor. The respiratory disease has become a particular problem in Asia, where terrible air quality, rapid u ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, China, health, placemaking, pollution and waste, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Bicycles Shanghaied Shanghai Bans Bicycles from Major Streets		15 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Bicycles Shanghaied Shanghai Bans Bicycles from Major Streets Shanghai, China, whose streets once teemed with peddling people, will ban bicycles from most major thoroughfares beginning next year. It's a dramatic (and, many say, depressing) shift for a city that was home to some of the nation's earliest bicycle factories. Now, Shanghai has become a center of China's burgeoning auto industry. Though bicycles are still ...
Topics: China, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Next Thing You Know, They'll Have a Better Human-Rights Record Than the U.S., Too China to Adopt Fuel-Economy Standards Stricter Than Those in U.S.		18 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Next Thing You Know, They'll Have a Better Human-Rights Record Than the U.S., Too China to Adopt Fuel-Economy Standards Stricter Than Those in U.S. Intent on reducing its growing dependence on foreign oil, China is set to impose vehicle fuel-economy standards that will be markedly stricter than those in place in the U.S. The rules, expected to go into effect in 2005 and become more stringent in 2008, will require all smal ...
Topics: China, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Coal-hearted New Stats On Energy Use in China Alarm Environmentalists		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Coal-hearted New Stats On Energy Use in China Alarm Environmentalists The most populous country on the planet may also pose the biggest threat to the global climate, according to recently released statistics about coal production and consumption in China. Until a few months ago, many energy experts hoped that the nation would have a relatively limited impact on climate change, because its state-owned companies were tho ...
Topics: China, climate, energy, placemaking (all these topics)

Grand Shift Auto Car Ownership Surging in Beijing		08 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Grand Shift Auto Car Ownership Surging in Beijing The number of registered cars in Beijing jumped to 2 million last month, doubling in just six years. Now one in five households in the Chinese capital owns a car, a huge shift from the situation a decade ago, when most cars were owned by the government and the city's residents were more likely to have a run-in with a horse-drawn cart than a motorized vehicle. Along with th ...
Topics: air pollution, China, placemaking (all these topics)

Don't Dig a Hole, Too, China		29 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Don't Dig a Hole, Too, China In yet another blow to the environment, the Chinese government is launching a massive expansion of its road network to accommodate its fast-emerging car culture. By 2010, the country says major roads will span a total of 22,000 miles in and between major cities, including Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai; by 2020, it hopes to have doubled the expansion to 44,000 miles. The only areas with no projected new mot ...
Topics: China, placemaking (all these topics)

Not the Year of the Bicycle		06 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Not the Year of the Bicycle Ever since the Communist Revolution of 1949, bicycles have been a seemingly indelible part of the Chinese landscape, as endemic as pandas. Now, though, as the pace of life picks up in China's major cities, urban planners and government authorities have begun treating bicycles as nuisances -- antiquated devices that impede the free flow of cars. So far, Shanghai has banned bikes on 54 major roads, and there is ...
Topics: China, placemaking (all these topics)

Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Great Wall		15 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Great Wall Claims by China that it has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas emissions may be a bunch of hooey. A Japanese scientist funded by the World Bank found that coal production hasn't gone down nearly as much as represented by China. Other researchers assert that oil consumption is increasing in the country at a faster clip than reported. Although vehicle traffic in Chinese cities has been dou ...
Topics: China, energy, placemaking (all these topics)

They Paved Pears and Rice and Put Up a Parking Lot Pavement is replacing the world's croplands	Lester R. Brown	01 Mar 2001	Main Dish
As the new century begins, the competition between cars and crops for cropland is intensifying. Until now, the paving over of cropland has occurred largely in industrial countries, home to four-fifths of the world's 520 million automobiles. But now, more and more farmland is being sacrificed in developing countries with hungry populations, calling into question the future ...
Topics: China, food and agriculture, India, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

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