A.K. Streeter
April Streeter writes and bikes from Portland, Oregon. Her career has included five years as correspondent for Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic nations for Windpower Monthly magazine, two years as managing editor for Sustainable Industries magazine, and many years as correspondent of Tomorrow magazine. Follow her posts on the biking life at girlsonbikes.org.
Latest Stories from A.K. Streeter - Page 2
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Crazy mobility idea moves city bikes by balloon
This rendering of a balloon-based bike sharing station makes it easy to drop stations and move them around for friendly mobility.
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Steampunk 'Breathing Bike' Beats Beijing Air Pollution
Most Beijing residents buy a small surgical mask to thwart choking air pollution. What if you want something that makes a statement? Artist Matt Hope created a bike with a steampunk air filter to do his daily ride.
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Is There a Car vs. Bike War? Seattle Says "No"
A new poll of people in Seattle finds that a majority just want safer streets for all. We've got a few ideas!
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Crowd-Funded Solar Projects Top $1 Million in U.S.
Is this a new key to a wave of clean energy development in the U.S.? Mosaic, the crowd-funded solar site, certainly hopes so.
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10 Wacky Kickstarter Bike 'Innovations' You May Never See
Bicycle innovations are booming - but even the best ideas can't always get Kickstarter funders to part with their cash. Take a look at these ideas and ask yourself - good, bad, or just weirdly conceived?
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DIY Pop-Up Workshop Fits on Your Bike
Take your booth or workshop with you wherever you go. Expanding the concept of cargo bike, this DIY workshop is designed to trail along to any location reachable by cycling!
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Why Norwegians Love Electric Vehicles More Than the Rest of the World
Norway has the most per capital electric vehicles sales of any nation on Earth. Good price subsidies and great 'comfort' incentives seem to be the reason why.
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Liquid Aims to Be AirBNB of Bike World
Bike sharing services are ripping around the globe aiding mobility in big cities. But bike sharing doesn't always make it easy for the average tourist to get a bike. Now a new service wants to be the AirBNB of biking.
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The Unexpected Beauty of Car-Free City Streets (Video)
Colombia (where ciclovías originated) and some other cities, including Guadalajara, Mexico, give big-city citizens a weekly car-free break. Norteamericanos have more cities celebrating ciclovías, but with more infrequent events.
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The Recyclable Bicycle Helmet - Designed With Woodpeckers in Mind (Video)
For some people, helmet choice is all about style. So can Abus, the German company famous for its locks, make a helmet that is both stylish, and able to be recycled?
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10 Great Examples of Winter-Friendly Bike Gear
Fair weather cyclists be warned: Winter cycling gear here is so great you may be tempted to get your bike out of winter hibernation. Or how about the perfect holiday gift?
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Hybrid Container Ship Wind-Driven With 'Automatic' Sails
Three sailing visionaries think a return to wind-driven cargo and container ships is a great way to reduce CO2 emissions by a billion tons each year.
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Have We Entered The Era of The Personal Airbag?
Volvo v40s have them. Helmet haters can buy them. Equestrians and extreme skiers can get them. Have we entered the age of the personal airbag?
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Bike Helmets That Flash Your Emotions, Call For Help
This helmet senses your stress and displays results in colored LED lights. Too bad it can't tell you what the other drivers are thinking!
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5 Ways to Love Winter Bike Riding
If New Yorkers can do it during and after Superstorm Sandy, the rest of us can bicycle all winter long. Here's how.
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North America to Add 400,000 Megawatts of 'Smart' Energy By 2015
Solyndra gets the headlines. But it seems more like solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and waste energy are the stars in a North American renewables advance.
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EVs Chicken-and-Egg Problem Gets Worse, For Now
Car owners want the comfort of a nice, complete charging-station network. Investors want to see demand and critical mass of vehicles to make that happen. EVs are stuck in chicken-egg hell.
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Ready or Not, Here Comes Driverless Driving
Volvo, considered safety-oriented car makers, say 90% of accidents are due to human error. Will autonomous driving have a better record?
