It is our serious intention to make use of all the tools and tricks we can lay our hands on to get the basic message of this program across: namely that to save the planet, our cities and indeed ourselves, we really should be trying to understand better what happens if people start to think more in terms of not things, physical objects, but rather of services, i.e., whatever it is that they really need. You will find one or twice in this site the frequently quoted citation of Aristotle that . . . "On the whole, you find wealth much more in use than in ownership."

Our goal in selecting and sharing these short films is not to try to convert people in a single minute or two to our priorities and our way of thinking, but rather to familiarize them just a bit in a soft way about the fact that there are, in fact, other ways of seeing and doing things when it comes to getting around in cities. We want to open a few doors, but no pushing.

We intend in this section to provide a certain number of very short videos that in our view can help get these points across. And since many in our audience at Kaohsiung are not familiar with English as their main working language, we shall try to limit ourselves to videos which are image- and not word-heavy. Here you have our first three candidates. Your comments are most welcome.

Honey, you gotta slow down (92 seconds)

Let's start at the beginning. It is the consistent position of our transport sharing program that much of what is wrong with our current transportation arrangements in cites could be greatly alleviated if we can just find ways to slow down. A bare five miles per hour over the speed limit on a city street, and youi have this . . .

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Britton on sharing (30 seconds)

A film team came from the Canada Broadcasting Corporation last year to visit Paris and talk with Eric Britton about the city's award winning public bike project. Information on the full film is available here. The following is a thirty second clip extracted from the one hour film.

Pedal Power Doc: Interview with Eric Britton from Cogent Benger on Vimeo.

Homage to Hans Monderman (80 seconds)

Almost without words - an unexpected street interview in Groningen, a slice of life as lived by our old friend and transport innovating colleague Robert Stussi. He has titled it: A Homage to Hans Monderman. Hear, hear! Our much-missed dear friend and outstanding innovator who is no longer with us.

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It's almost your own car (43 seconds)

This little 43 second video without words was one of a series of short films developed by the French carshare group Mobizen to give people a feel for the power and the limitations of carsharing. not quite your own car!

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