Selected Resources & Favorite Stuff
Here you will find links to other organizations and people that are doing things we like. Also you will find favorite films, videos, books, articles and other material of interest. This is a highly selective list and there is so much out there, as you are aware!
Please let us know what some of your favorites are and maybe we will add it to our list. This thing will certainly grow.
Vermont Organizations & Resources
Go! Vermont - Our forward thinking state alternative transportation agency. We are lucky to have them!
Local Motion - Our primer bike advocacy organizations based in Burlington. Lots of great programs and their reach is now statewide!
Karl Kemnitzer's Blog - all about his wonderful bikes he has created with his own hands.
Other Resources
StreetsBlog - a treasure trove of resources for cities around the US. Innovative projects, inspiring work, great campaigns etc.
StreetFilms - From the same folk who brought us the StreetsBlog come a amazing diversity of inspiring & informative videos
Car-Free Cities - Lots of great ideas from around the world.
Copenhagenize - Great effort to take the lessons learned in Copenhagen and brought to the rest of the world.
The War on Cars - Don't be panicked by its name. This podcast series is insightful and fun.
Film
The Magnificent Ambersons - great Booth Tarkington book (1917) about the advent of the automobile and the changes it brought to one town. Adpated by Orson Wells for his second full-feature film after Citizen Kane. Check out this amazing clip...
Jour de Fete - Jacque Tati's first film and perhaps on of the best and funniest bike films ever. Here's a great scene!
Trafic - Another classic from Tati about the sensory isolation of cars and a speed-crazed culture.
Return of the Scorcher - Ted White's great bike culture documentary
Boy and Bicycle - Ridley Scott's first film. Experimental, but a favorite of many.
Video
Less Car More Go - The cargo bike revolution sweeping the U.S.
Copenhagen's Cargo Bike Culture - Great from a great series on the bike culture sweeping Europe
How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths - A history lesson that is likely different than what you think
What on Earth - Amazing CBC production about the origin of car from a Martian's perspective
Bicycle Repair Man - One of the silliest things ever done around bicycles. Oh yeah, it's Monty Python...
Petrolify, is it Right for You? - The new pharmaceutical is on the market. Learn about it now!
Wall-E - A clip from the Pixar movie that nails the "endgame" of the self-driving carbot concept
Century of the Self - Nothing to do here directly with bikes or transportation, but this 4-part series is about everything else
Books
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City - Revealing book on why our streets look the way they do. Check out this article that covers much of the material in the book.
The Geography of Nowhere - James Howard Kuntsler's classic about why all our places are looking more and more alike.
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception & Language in a More-Than-Human World - David Abram's wonderful book about sensory perception and how to newly re-experience our world. This book will change you.
Go! Vermont - Our forward thinking state alternative transportation agency. We are lucky to have them!
Local Motion - Our primer bike advocacy organizations based in Burlington. Lots of great programs and their reach is now statewide!
Karl Kemnitzer's Blog - all about his wonderful bikes he has created with his own hands.
Other Resources
StreetsBlog - a treasure trove of resources for cities around the US. Innovative projects, inspiring work, great campaigns etc.
StreetFilms - From the same folk who brought us the StreetsBlog come a amazing diversity of inspiring & informative videos
Car-Free Cities - Lots of great ideas from around the world.
Copenhagenize - Great effort to take the lessons learned in Copenhagen and brought to the rest of the world.
The War on Cars - Don't be panicked by its name. This podcast series is insightful and fun.
Film
The Magnificent Ambersons - great Booth Tarkington book (1917) about the advent of the automobile and the changes it brought to one town. Adpated by Orson Wells for his second full-feature film after Citizen Kane. Check out this amazing clip...
Jour de Fete - Jacque Tati's first film and perhaps on of the best and funniest bike films ever. Here's a great scene!
Trafic - Another classic from Tati about the sensory isolation of cars and a speed-crazed culture.
Return of the Scorcher - Ted White's great bike culture documentary
Boy and Bicycle - Ridley Scott's first film. Experimental, but a favorite of many.
Video
Less Car More Go - The cargo bike revolution sweeping the U.S.
Copenhagen's Cargo Bike Culture - Great from a great series on the bike culture sweeping Europe
How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths - A history lesson that is likely different than what you think
What on Earth - Amazing CBC production about the origin of car from a Martian's perspective
Bicycle Repair Man - One of the silliest things ever done around bicycles. Oh yeah, it's Monty Python...
Petrolify, is it Right for You? - The new pharmaceutical is on the market. Learn about it now!
Wall-E - A clip from the Pixar movie that nails the "endgame" of the self-driving carbot concept
Century of the Self - Nothing to do here directly with bikes or transportation, but this 4-part series is about everything else
Books
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City - Revealing book on why our streets look the way they do. Check out this article that covers much of the material in the book.
The Geography of Nowhere - James Howard Kuntsler's classic about why all our places are looking more and more alike.
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception & Language in a More-Than-Human World - David Abram's wonderful book about sensory perception and how to newly re-experience our world. This book will change you.
