Transportation

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PLANE JUSTICE – BANNED IN AMERICA UK activists stopped from telling public about health impacts & warming emissions from aviation industry. John Stewart 22 min CD Quality 20 MB or Lo-Fi 5 MB & Dan Glass 31 min CD Quality 29 MB or Lo-Fi 7 MB. Plus Seattle’s Debi Wagner 24 min CD Quality 24 MB or Lo-Fi 5 MB – on her battle to stop SeaTac expansion, and more at Chicago O’Hare, NYC’s JFK – thousands in the U.S. and Canada. Part of the Aviation Justice Tour.

OIL IS TOXIC Alaska Fisherwoman, marine toxicologist and author Riki Ott speech explains how oil itself is a poisonous material for our bodies, and all living things. We are surrounded and depend upon toxic oil. 2008 24 min. CD Quality 22 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB

CARS MAKE US FAT, STUPID & DEAD San Franscisco transporation expert Jeff Tumlin asks why we design cities for cars, now that science shows all the negative impacts, compared to walking and cycling. Speech recorded by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock at the “Gaining Ground” conference, Vancouver, Canada October 7, 2010. 23 min. Title: Alive Transportation: Fitness, Safety, Community, and Trust”. CD Quality 21 MB or Lo-Fi 5 MB

CAR-JACKED! Co-author Ann Lutz Fernandez explains why car culture doesn’t work – even without problem of global warming. How governments and citizens go broke trying to maintain cars. Alternatives. From Ecoshock 100910 22 min Lo-Fi 5 MB

RESILIENT CITIES Responding to Peak Oil & Climate Change Kick-off book lecture by Australian expert Dr. Peter Newman. As oil declines and climate goes weird, he acknowledges possibility of “Mad Max” social chaos, or armed eco-barracks for the rich. But Newman sees a better way to make sustainable cities. Realistic but hopeful speech at SFU Vancouver 090109 Ecoshock Show 090116 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

Urban Density & Transport Possibilities SFU Prof Anthony Perle at Greater Vancouver planning conference, plus electric cars in Israel 080522 25 minutes
CD quality (23 MB) or Lo-Fi (6 MB)

AUTO BAIL-OUT OR REAL GREEN TRANSPO? Testimony to House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming December 9, 2008. Chair Ed Markey & experts (including Public Citizen) first hour of testimony. Recorded from webcast by Alex Smith. More details at www.globalwarming.house.gov 1 hour Lo-Fi 14 MB.

Denmark’s Electric Car Network Tim Flannery explains how Copenhagen is replacing gas-powered cars. Real alternative, on the ground, powered by wind. From speech 080404 Toronto. 3 MB 3 min

Car Culture: Kill It or Cure It? Prof Matthew Patterson at Vancouver Institute 070414 Ecoshock Summary 26 Mb 28 min; Speech (1 hour); Q and A session (20 min)

PEAK OIL = TRANSPORT REVOLUTION “Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil” Authors Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl. Speech plus Q and A. Real facts and figures on future transpo and how to get there, sustainably. Finally, some answers. From Ecoshock show 080328 48 min CD Quality 45 MB or Lo-Fi 11 MB.

Bike to Work Tips 16 min

James Howard Kuntsler on Car Culture 40 min

Surviving on the Roads UK The Bike Show 28 min

Who Killed the Electric Car? 5 min

Plug In Hybrids 100 MPG 8 min

Electric Cars, Alternative Cars
Living on Earth 7 MB 7 min

Prius & Hybrids Win
Car Buyers Notebook 5 min

Evils of Diesel Pollution 9 min

Let’s Talk About Smog Radio Ecoshock 18 min

SUV’s Dangers & Eco-Impacts ABC Australia 15 min

Greening Cars
Living on Earth 12.5 min

Pollution Transporting Consumer Goods All the goodies from overseas smogs up – 10 min