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Dave, That's a great idea, to print on plane and train tickets "Is your journey really necessary?" What about a campaign to put that on billboards and posters in and around airports and train stations -- along with some text about the value of our time and environment, and perhaps a quote from Henry George. Get people to think about our consumption and how much of it is coerced. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steven Shafarman Citizen Policies Institute [log in to unmask] www.citizenpolicies.org 202-265-4433 PO Box 21321 Washington, DC 20009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: 31 March 2004 15:50 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [WorldTransport Forum] sign on: urge better emissions controls >in WB hand... > > >Eric > >I've not the time to wade through all the detail but a couple of points I >suspect will be missed - It sounds very mauch that the World Bank is still >focussed on movement of vehicles and not people - remember the oft-repeated >slogan of cyclists when the word motor is omitted in descriptions of motor >traffic "We are the traffic" > >The other is that it also still sounds like they need to sit down with the >writings of Henry George for a week or so and ponder whether all this >orgnaisation of manufaturing into 'economically viable units' actually makes >the population as a whole poorer by creating the inequality of those who >have through working to produce one product, lost the time and resources to >provide themselves with bread & wine and so have to work more to earn the >money to pay for this. We have created a position where we are forced to >make journies and the slogan 'Is your journey really necessary?' should be >printed on every air, rail and probably bus ticket... > >Dave Holladay >Glasgow > > > >The Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice >Consult at: http://wTransport.org <http://wTransport.org> >To post message to group: [log in to unmask] >To subscribe: [log in to unmask] >To unsubscribe: [log in to unmask] > > > > _____ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >* To visit your group on the web, go to: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldTransport/ ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldTransport/> > > >* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[log in to unmask] ><mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > >* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > >*************************************************************************** ******** >The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Transport for London hereby exclude any warranty and any liability as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this email and any attached transmitted files. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. > >If you have received this email in error please notify [log in to unmask] > >This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. >*************************************************************************** ******** > > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steven Shafarman Citizen Policies Institute [log in to unmask] www.citizenpolicies.org 202-265-4433 PO Box 21321 Washington, DC 20009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********************************************************************************** The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Transport for London hereby exclude any warranty and any liability as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this email and any attached transmitted files. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify [log in to unmask] This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ***********************************************************************************