tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post8117689335537850669..comments2023-10-11T05:46:26.432-05:00Comments on Where: What's in a Name? (Or: Car-Free on the High Seas)Brendan Crainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-59927414990143134212007-08-01T20:26:00.000-05:002007-08-01T20:26:00.000-05:00Oh, very true. Having grown up on the Great Lakes...Oh, very true. Having grown up on the Great Lakes, I'm somewhat ashamed that I forgot Mackinaw.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I was a bit swept up in SOM's hubris. ;-)Brendan Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-16883758550612773962007-08-01T19:39:00.000-05:002007-08-01T19:39:00.000-05:00"All that is set to change, though, thanks to the ..."All that is set to change, though, thanks to the recent approval of a plan by Skidmore Owings and Merill to turn Treasure Island into one of the first (if not the first) car-free communities in the United States."<BR/><BR/>It may be one of the first but it is not THE first car free community in the US. Mackinaw Island in Northern Michigan went car free more than a century ago.<BR/><BR/>From the Mackinaw Island Tourist Site:<BR/>Because we care about our horses and our environment, we prohibit the use of personal motorized vehicles. Instead all those living or visiting the island enjoy leisurely horse drawn carriage tours, horse drawn taxi service, trail riding or many of the other alternative modes of transportation: biking, hiking, sailing, boating, kayaking or simply strolling around the Island. <BR/>http://www.mackinacisland.org/mike ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17240155519276387034noreply@blogger.com