The End of the Road

 Hello,

We would like to invite to have a look at our blog (
http://worldcarfree.wordpress.com/) where we will publish part by part the
book "The End of the Road". The different parts of the book will offer a
great opportunity to talk about the future of mobility. This book is already
the result of a confrontation of perspectives and we hope you will like to
add your own perspective. You will find below the introduction post with the
summary of the book.

*I also want to remember you to subscribe your World Carfree Day events on
our Wiki page: http://editthis.info/wcd/Main_Page*

The big day is coming!

All the best,

Marko

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*We will begin today to publish the recent work of Amy Gibson (Ph.D.
philosopher, former professor of ethics and theories in psychology) and
Joseph McKinney (President of Oregon Roads, the largest auto fleet leasing
company in Oregon) entitled “The End of the Road”.*

*This book proposes an interesting approach of the mobility issue in the US
and is the result of a collaboration between various people who share a
common purpose with different paths. We will better now let you read the
summary of the book that we’ll publish part by part every Friday.*

The End of the Road is a controversial call to reconsider our American
infrastructure, right now before our “stimulus package” is lost on projects
with little long-term value. Most thinkers in the area of transportation and
energy focus on changing the car; the engine.   We argue that roads
themselves must be restructured to encourage and accommodate new, healthier
types of transportation and vehicle use.  We propose solutions that are
achievable, imperative and locally adaptable.

Accepting the premise that global warming and peak oil demand extreme,
immediate transitions, Joseph McKinney, CEO and President of Oregon Roads,
Inc., presents a highly critical, whistle-blowing, assessment of his (the
auto) industry.  He does the math to show how much it really costs to drive
a large internal combustion vehicle. He shows how a shift to “village
vehicles” and roads that can make them safe can reduce carbon emissions by
25% in the near future.  This is only an intermediate step, but it is
imperative and affordable.

Dr. Amy Isler Gibson provides commentary in the role of an educated, curious
and at times challenging consumer in this informal, conversational book.
Jim Wilcox and Andy Singer, well known figures in the anti-car movement,
take the issue even further with their respective essays.

Andy Singer provides many cartoons that help bring levity and lightness to a
hard topic.  The Emperor – the auto industry – has no clothes left.  It has
failed us and cannot be rescued in its current form.  Nor can our
infrastructure provide us with “shovel- ready” projects without fresh
ideas.  “Fresh” is the food for thought presented by these passionate,
knowledgeable writers who put themselves into the consumer’s shoes, at least
until better transportation is available and supported.  The result: a
vision of health that goes beyond reducing carbon footprints to imagining
lives and communities no longer dependent upon current, deadly modes of
transportation.

Andy Singer, Jim Wilcox and Paul Scott, innovators all, have kindly provided
essays that enrich this discussion.  Citations throughout and at the end of
the book lend weight to our argument and our dream for the *next* in
transportation innovation.

You can get in touch with Amy Gibson and Joseph McKinney at:
http://theendoftheroadasweknowit.wordpress.com/


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