TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/ TreeHugger is a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. Our influential audience stops by frequently to check out the latest news, reviews and recommendations for modern yet green products and services. Consumers also rely on the directory to help facilitate their buying processes. TreeHugger is the most effective way for them to find well designed products that are also ecologically sensitive. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:56:31 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hawaii To Be First With Statewide Electric Car Charging Stations The electric car infrastructure race is on! A short while ago several mayors in the San Francisco Bay Area announced that they would be partnering with Better Place to bring electric vehicle charging stations to the area. Now Hawaii is going to do one better and become the first state to have Better Place charging stations across the entire state. Considering that the Bay Area has a population of about 7 million and Hawaii about 1.3 million, some semantic one-upmanship is at work here, but nevertheless this is great ne]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/hawaii-first-with-statewide-electric-car-charging-stations.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/hawaii-first-with-statewide-electric-car-charging-stations.php Cars & Transportation electric vehicles hawaii transportation united states Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:07:00 -0500 300 Hybrid Buses To Be Driving the London Streets by 2011 photo: Wrightbus Yesterday Transport for London unveiled a new range of single and double deck hybrid buses which will form the first stage of a major expansion of the UK capital’s hybrid bus fleet. By the end of January 2009, 56 hybrid buses will be on the road, with a further 300 to be in operation by 2011. Transport for London touted the advantages of the hybrid buses: ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/300-hybrid-buses-for-london-by-2011.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/300-hybrid-buses-for-london-by-2011.php Cars & Transportation london public transportation united kingdom Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:19:00 -0500 1963: When Fuel Efficiency Data Was A Joke Automakers have come a long way to their bailout-begging today since the days when Consumers Union published this (very funny) cartoon. I scanned it from an old issue of Consumer Reports, the April 1963 "Facts You Need Before You Buy" issue with a brown cover and red/black letters. A treasure from a bygone era! This was the auto buying guide for 1963, "including ratings of all makes, 6-year repair records, service notes, checks on safety details, etc., etc." And there isn't a single foreign car listed. Not even one. Some of the car companies are gone, like American Motors, maker of the oddly-named Rambler,]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/1963-consumer-reports-fuel-cartoon.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/1963-consumer-reports-fuel-cartoon.php cars cars fuel efficiency united states Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:45:45 -0500 The Magic Box: Following A Container Around the World First episode: the box gets painted It is hard to believe, but fifty years ago if you brought a load of stuff from Japan by ship, a bunch of longshoremen would be carrying it out of the ships by hand. It could take a week to unload a freighter. The shipping container changed everything and for better or worse, made globalism possible. The BBC has followed one around the world and tells "the stories behind the goods inside, those who make them, and how they travel to consumers." ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/following-a-container.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/following-a-container.php Cars & Transportation media transportation UK Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:32:07 -0500 Worst Sales Performance of Any Car: Toyota Prius I am sorry for continuing a rant here. The heads of the auto companies are driving nine hours to Washington for their bailout pleas; I am sure many would rather see them crawl. I am not a cheerleader for General Motors and the Detroit auto industry, and think cars are a menace. However one cannot, as so many of the commenters in my earlier post did, just say that GM was stupid and Toyota was smart, and that the American car industry should roll over and die and make room for those innovative Japanese and German car makers. Look at the numbers. What is the worst performing car (in sales) ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/car-sales-drop-prius-most.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/car-sales-drop-prius-most.php cars cars economy general motors politics recession Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:46:27 -0500 Go Further, Faster on Sanyo's Electric Hybrid Bicycle Electric bikes have never seemed appealing or beautiful enough to warrant their prices - they have always looked like what they are...a bicycle with an afterthought motor. Japanese riders are pretty enamored of electric bikes, however, with the market estimated at nearly 300,000 electric bikes last year. Sanyo's new electric-hybrid Eneloop bike has two features going for it: the frame looks pretty good (if a bit girly), and the motor works on the front wheel to give the rider triple the pedal power compared to a non-motorized bike. And the price is right in the middle of the ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/sanyo-hybrid-electric-bike.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/sanyo-hybrid-electric-bike.php bikes bicycle hybrid electric transportation urban life Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:28:29 -0500 28 States To Get Smartlet Electric Vehicle Charging Station Distributors, Entire US + Canada Early Next Year image: Coulomb Technologies A bit over a week ago Coulomb Technologies announced that it would be installing 40 of its electric vehicle charging stations across California. Now the company will be expanding access to these chargers through regional reseller programs in 28 states, in the Northeast, Southeast, West, and Mountain regions. The program is expected to be expanded to the Midwest, Texas and Canada in the first quarter of 2009. ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/28-states-get-coulomb-technolgies-smartlet-electric-vehicle-charging-station-resellers.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/28-states-get-coulomb-technolgies-smartlet-electric-vehicle-charging-station-resellers.php Cars & Transportation electric vehicles transportation united states Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:44:00 -0500 Make My Car into a Prius: Retrofit a Poulsen Hybrid Plug-inKit Can’t get by with public transit systems or a bicycle? Need a car, but would rather have something more economical and ecological like the Toyota Prius? If only you could avoid it! Someone has been eavesdropping on your thoughts and that person is Ulrik Poulsen, a Danish mechanical engineer. Ulrik has created the ‘Poulsen Hybrid’, which is an aftermarket device you can add to most any compact car so it performs pretty much like a electric/petrol hybrid Prius. Poulsen’s Hybrid Kit will work on any car with 15” wheels or larger, be they front drive, rear drive, and all wheel drive. As they put it the kit’s development came about from the observation that “only 10-1]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/make-my-car-into-a-prius-retrofit-a-plug-in-hybrid-kit.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/make-my-car-into-a-prius-retrofit-a-plug-in-hybrid-kit.php cars automobiles cars contests energy efficiency hybrid cars rechargeable united states Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:11:01 -0500 Mini E Won’t See Commercial Production, Field Trial Results Destined For 2010 Electric BMW photo: Mini USA You probably heard or read about last week’s announcement that applications for the Mini E field test had been opened and that 500 people in the Los Angeles and New York metro areas would be participating. Maybe you ever applied to have the honor of paying for a year-long lease on one of the two-seat Coopers and giving feedback to Mini in the hopes that sometime, hopefully sooner rather than later, you can actual purchase one. Well, it doesn’t look like that’ll be the case:]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/mini-e-will-not-be-commerciallyproduced-electric-bmw-by-2010.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/mini-e-will-not-be-commerciallyproduced-electric-bmw-by-2010.php Cars & Transportation electric cars electric vehicles transportation Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:17:00 -0500 World’s Fastest Electric Superbike: 125 MPH & No Carbon Emissions photo: The Guardian If you live in the United States, you may have missed the announcement made last Thursday, that the world’s fastest all-electric superbike has been unveiled. Making its first appearance at the 2008 NEC Bike Show in the UK , the TTX01 isn’t commercially available yet, but it is street legal (in the UK at least), can do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 125 mph. The price tag when a limited number are available for purchase by the end of 2009: £20,000 ($30,000). Want to know how far will you be able to go on a ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/worlds-fastest-electric-superbike-125mph.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/worlds-fastest-electric-superbike-125mph.php Cars & Transportation bikes electric vehicles transportation Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:20:00 -0500 4,000 Electric Vehicles To Be Leased by US Army photo: Native American Biofuels Considering that many of its higher profile vehicles really suck fuel like there’s no tomorrow, you may not think that the US military concerned itself much with reducing fuel usage, but based on a recent announcement that’s apparently not the case. According to Army Times, the Army will be deploying 800 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles next year for on-base transportation. That will be expanded to 4,00]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/4000-electric-vehicles-leased-by-army.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/4000-electric-vehicles-leased-by-army.php Cars & Transportation electric vehicles transportation united states Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:49:00 -0500 "Japan Car" Exhibit at London Science Museum Explores Futuristic Design (Image from Japan Car: Designs for a Crowded Globe at Flickr) London's Science Museum, Design Platform Japan and a host of others are presenting a rather different take on the cultural aspects of state-of-the-art automobiles, including kei cars, in a clever exhibition that started on November 29, 2008. Japan Car - Designs for the Crowded Globe is an exploration of the car as a "mobile cell" - conceived by two world class designers: cars fuel efficiency hybrid cars japan london sweden transportation united kingdom Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:02:47 -0500 Michelin Unveils Active Wheel in Affordable Electric Car Image: Michelin The Holy Grail of Eco-transportation Could this be the technology that revolutionizes transportation? Will the company that invented the air-pressure tire trump that achievement by making electric cars affordable and practical? Michelin's Active Wheel system is the holy grail of wheel technology: a wheel with an integrated drive motor that has succeeded to meet unsprung weight limitations. The Active Wheel frees automobile designers from the restrictions posed by the need for engine, transmission, drive shaft, different]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/active-wheel-affordable-electric-car.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/active-wheel-affordable-electric-car.php Cars & Transportation batteries electric cars fuel efficiency Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:32:35 -0500 Global Warming Opens Northwest Passage photo by wikimedia Climate change is making the impassable passable. The legendary and treacherous Northwest Passage, once believed to be unnavigable by larger ships, has been successfully traversed by a commercial cargo ship. Satellite photos had shown the passage to be open as early as 2007, but it wasn't until a few days ago that the navigability of the route was empirically proven. ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/global_warming_passage.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/global_warming_passage.php Cars & Transportation Arctic Global Climate Change Global Warming Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:52:14 -0500 Cheap Gas: Good or Bad? Once again, in America, gasoline is cheaper than bottled water. Is this good or bad? Let's start with the bad (5 reasons): 1) Thousands of more Americans will perish in car crashes. There is a direct, undisputed correlation between the price of gas and the number of deaths in car accidents each year. This last year, when record breaking gas prices greatly reduced nonessential driving while increasing more conservative driving habits, thousands of lives were saved. In fact, it was the first significant reduction in driving fatalities in decades. ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/cheap-gas-bad.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/cheap-gas-bad.php Cars & Transportation car-free driving fuel efficiency public transportation Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500 Performance Tuner Modification for the Smart Car Photo Credit to Ducktail964 Performance modifying your green vehicle just might have been one of those things that made the C + C Music Factory exclaim, “hmmm” back in 1991. You had to know it was coming... it was only a matter of time before the peppy and the frugal caught up with the Fast and the Furious. The Smart Car now officially has a performance aftermarket in the USA, and we're not just talking about the cute race stripes and chrome shifter knobs, these are the all out modifications of vertical car doors, wide-body kits, spoilers, performance air intakes, and stainless steel exhaust system]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/performance-tuner-smart-car.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/performance-tuner-smart-car.php Cars & Transportation cars driving fuel efficiency transportation Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:01:07 -0500 New Deal 2009? Three Plans to Rescue the Economy and the Earth with Public Transportation Image via apolloalliance.org. Change is definitely in the air these days. President-elect Obama is putting together his plans for some sort of New Deal-like program, which he has said will include massive investments in building public institutions like schools, renewable energy and infrastructure. Meanwhile, advocates for all sorts of policies are busy putting together their own proposals for the new administration in Washington. And with everyone from Wall Street traders to Detroit car makers bombarding the government w]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/three-plans-for-transit-stimulus.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/three-plans-for-transit-stimulus.php Cars & Transportation barack obama green collar public transportation trains transportation urban Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0500 A Street Car To Desire: Imagine Trolleys With Hypercapacitors And Overhead Fans? Septa PCC Trolley 2325 Image credit: Flickr, CSX 4758's photostream, Septa streetcar rolls westbound along Girard Avenue in sunny Philadelphia on April 3, 2007. When I was a kid (in the 1950's), electric trolley cars or "trams" like the still-operating Philadelphia model pictured here, were quite common in US cities. They were quiet, had no exhaust, and followed the same rules of the road as cars, trucks, and rubber-tired buses. One drawback I remember was that crossing the tracks at an acute angle while riding a bicycle was likely to toss the rid]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/street-car-desire-imagine-trolleys-hypercapacitors-overhead-fans.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/street-car-desire-imagine-trolleys-hypercapacitors-overhead-fans.php Cars & Transportation cooling electrical mass transit usa Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:46:07 -0500 San Francisco Considers Taking the Plunge on Congestion Pricing Image from Orin Optiglot Will San Francisco succeed where New York City and others have failed? The San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan reports that the City by the Sea is weighing a congestion pricing proposal that would require motorists to pay a $3 fee to enter, leave or pass through certain parts of SF during peak hours. Though the city's Board of Supervi]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/san-francisco-congestion.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/san-francisco-congestion.php Cars & Transportation cars news california cars congestion san francisco traffic Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:55:00 -0500 Run Cars on Green Electricity, Not Natural Gas Pickens Meets Obama Image credit:Cleveland, Real-Time News from Around the Nation By: Jonathan G. Dorn, Staff Researcher at the Earth Policy Institute, where he works on energy issues. With the dramatic increase in oil prices earlier this year translating into higher prices at the gas pump in the United States, concerns over U.S. dependence on foreign oil are once again part of the national discussion on energy security. Combined with the growing understanding that carbon emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels are drivi]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/run-cars-green-electricity-not-natural-gas.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/run-cars-green-electricity-not-natural-gas.php Business & Politics Cars & Transportation business climate change geothermal natural gas solar usa wind Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:20:27 -0500 Will Safety Concerns Delay the Completion of the Expo Line in Los Angeles? Every time I feel as though L.A. is finally on the cusp on improving its (woefully) underfunded public transit system, something comes along to scuttle my excitement. The latest controversy surrounds the Expo Line, an $862 million light rail project that will connect downtown Los Angeles to Culver City and which is slated for completion in mid-2010. (That will be the first phase; the second phase will eventually extend the line from Culver City to Santa Monica -- see the "subway to the sea.") The plan could be delayed, however,]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/expo-line-safety.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/expo-line-safety.php Cars & Transportation california los angeles metro public transit Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:15:00 -0500 Thanksgiving Travel Expected to the Lowest for Six Years Yesterday Lloyd started a survey around the notion: “We have never had much luck convincing people that they should change their travel habits because of their carbon footprint, but is the economy making a difference?” Without wanting to prejudice our survey, we did observe that elsewhere Bloomberg.com was saying, ‘Yes, it has.’ According to the numbers they obtained from the AAA (American Automobile Association) this Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, will see the lowest volume of Americans travelling since 2002, even though fuel prices are lower than they were back in early 2005. Other intriguing]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/thanksgiving-travel-expected-to-the-lowest-for-six-years.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/thanksgiving-travel-expected-to-the-lowest-for-six-years.php Cars & Transportation automobiles aviation buses events trains united states Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:25:45 -0500 Where Cyclists Dare: Riding the Streets of Istanbul A group ride in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo via Bisikletliler Derneği. Not long ago, a friend visiting from New York asked me if I ever saw anyone biking in Istanbul. My first instinct was to scoff, "Of course not! Haven't you seen the insane traffic around here?!? And there aren't even proper sidewalks to walk on, much less bike lanes!" But then I took a moment to think about it, and, other than little kids tooling around on the back streets, I could recall having seen exactly two bike riders in recent weeks… one of whom was narrowly evadi]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/bike-riding-in-istanbul.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/bike-riding-in-istanbul.php Cars & Transportation bikes biking cities transportation turkey urban life Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:42:00 -0500 Honda's Econo-Nag Speedometer Tells You With Color Honda calls it the Ecological Drive Assist System (EDAS).]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/econo-nag-speedometer.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/econo-nag-speedometer.php cars appropriate technology cars design prius Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:35:07 -0500 Review: Moulton AM7 Separable Dual Suspension Bicycle We have a bit of a penchant for small wheeled, collapsible bikes around here. In recent times Graham showed us how easy it was to stow a Strida 5 inside a closet, Andrew loves how he can squeeze his Bike Friday into a suitcase and Lloyd enthuses about how quick his Strida folds, so he can sneak it onto trains. Birds of a feather flock together, I guess. Anyhow, my Moulton AM7 is ab]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/review-moulton-am7-separable-dual-suspension-bicycle.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/review-moulton-am7-separable-dual-suspension-bicycle.php bikes australia bicycles biking car-free designers united kingdom Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:51:15 -0500 Toyota: It's Lonely At The Top, Gets Credit Rating Lowered (Google Map image of unsold cars lined up at an airfield in Oxfordshire, UK) Toyota just announced that while three other Japanese car makers will not participate in the next Detroit Auto Show, they plan to attend, and they have two new models to display. Not surprisingly, both models are hybrids. Then there is the news that even the world's biggest auto maker just got its credit ratings lowered to AA, notes Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp had its top-notch credit ratings cut f]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/toyota-credit-rating.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/toyota-credit-rating.php cars detroit auto show germany hybrid cars japan prius public transportation toyota united states Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:16:01 -0500 3 Green Pre-Conditions for a Big Three Bailout photo: Richard O. Barry With all the talk about bailing Detroit’s Big Three automakers out of a mess seemingly of their own creation, a number of groups have put forward the idea that if Detroit wants monetary help there are going to have to be some serious conditions placed on how that money is used. In a new piece for Yale Environment 360 Jim Motavalli nicely sums up how Detroit got to be between the rock and a hard place (reliance on an unsustainable bigger is better formula entirely dependent on a never ending supply of cheap oil), and some of the c]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/three-green-pre-conditions-for-big-three-bailout.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/three-green-pre-conditions-for-big-three-bailout.php Cars & Transportation electric cars fuel efficiency global climate change hybrid cars united states Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:00 -0500 $19,000 Electric Car Coming to US in May 2009: Introducing the Wheego Whip photo: Cleantech It looks surprisingly like a Smart Car and frankly has one of the dumbest names I’ve ever come across, but the $19,000 all-electric RTEV (Ruff & Tuff Electric Vehicles) Wheego Whip will be available in the United States in May 2009. The Wheego Whip can reach a maximum speed of about 70 mph, but until it passes crash tests by the US DoT, expected sometime in 2010, it will be released initially as a Low Speed Vehicle (25 mph maximum speed) or a Medium Speed Vehicle (35 mph max). RTEV says that the Whip can travel 50 miles on sin]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/19000-dollar-electric-car-on-sale-in-united-states-may-2009.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/19000-dollar-electric-car-on-sale-in-united-states-may-2009.php Cars & Transportation electric vehicles transportation united states Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:43:00 -0500 GreenBuild: Charge Your Electric Car in Ten Minutes They may have crushed all of the EV1 electric cars, but they didn't crush the technology; it lives on at Aerovironment, used primarily in industrial vehicles and forklifts.
The technology behind PosiCharge grew out of AV's development of the modern electric car for General Motors. Introduced in 1989, the GM Impact was a breakthrough in EV design and systems integration. When tasked with finding a way to safely increase the useful range of electric battery packs, AV's team of engineers, scientists and battery applications experts developed PosiCharge.
It essentially charges a battery three to six times as fast and a conventional DC charger.]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/greenbuild-electric-cars.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/greenbuild-electric-cars.php cars batteries electric cars electric vehicles greenbuild Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:54 -0500 Make Cycling Safer and More Convenient With An Informal Bicycle Triple A The Need For Roadside Assistance for Cyclists A recent email I received from the Brown University cycling listserv got me thinking about the need for roadside assistance for cyclists. Last week, two riders on the cycling team were out for a training ride in 30 degree weather when, five miles from home, one of them snapped a chain. They called several people that live in the area, but couldn't find anyone that could come and pick them up, so the other rider had to sprint home, get his car, and rush back to the stranded rider--who was left waiting for half an hour ]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/make-cycling-safer-more-convenient-with-bicycle-triple-a.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/make-cycling-safer-more-convenient-with-bicycle-triple-a.php Cars & Transportation bicycling bikes biking Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:19:21 -0500 Toronto to Plough Bike Paths This Winter Davenport Road, early 2008. Note the "bicycle lane" and "snow route" sign, which warns citizens that cars need to be moved to keep the road clear. Note also that the bike lane is completely buried. To any Dane or Swede, that headline would be completely silly; it is expected that such an important part of the transportation infrastructure would be maintained year round. But in Toronto, cyclists are second or third class citizens when it comes to the plough. Now City Council is looking at a making "special efforts" to keep some major bike lanes clear o]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/toronto-to-plough-bike-lanes.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/toronto-to-plough-bike-lanes.php bikes bicycles bikes commuting politics toronto transportation Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:03:11 -0500 Honda FC Sport Concept: So Funky it's Actually Cool, or Just Plain Funky Ugly! Photo Credit Ricardo Diaz The Honda FC Sport Concept was shown at the LA Auto Show this past week, and as the funky sports car spun around its tier, the dazed onlookers had only one thing to say, “... Chirp... chirp... chirp...chirp... burb!”]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/honda-fc-sport-concept.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/honda-fc-sport-concept.php Cars & Transportation news alternative fuels electric vehicles fuel cells Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:11:36 -0500 New York City Considers Bike Share Program...From Danes Goodmorning got an honorable mention for a bike share program it designed for Brookyn for the Forum for Urban Design. In New York City only 1% of the city's commuter trips are estimated to be by bicycle. But overall ridership in NYC has increased 344% since 1980. In order to increase ridership, better bike lanes are already being built, new designs for secure locking stations are underway, and a possible bike sharing program in the city is being considered]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/new-york-considers-bike-sharing.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/new-york-considers-bike-sharing.php bikes bicycles bike sharing biking copenhagen new york transportation urban life Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:15:17 -0500 The Big Dig's Unintended Consequence: More Traffic Boston's Big Dig--the most expensive highway project ever completed in the U.S., which gave Boston "a gleaming new highway system that has made zipping beneath Boston and Boston Harbor much easier"--has had a very ironic and unintended consequence: more traffic. This, of course, is on top of the other unintended consequences of the Big Dig (namely, charges of corruption, fraud, subpar construction, being massively over budget and over schedule, and "a ceiling collapse in the connector tunnel in July 2006 kil]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/big-dig-results-in-more-traffic.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/big-dig-results-in-more-traffic.php Cars & Transportation boston commuting driving public transportation Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:21:17 -0500 Sometimes the Combination of Beer and Bikes Can Mix Photo Credits to New Belgium Brewing) It is not a natural relationship, beer and bikes, but New Belgium, a beer brewing company located in Fort Collins, CO, has made it one. New Belgium’s Tour de Fat announced this week that they reached a million dollar milestone this year in money raised for 24 non-profit organizations. It has been nine years that New Belgium has been hosting the Tour de Fat, which is a celebration of getting folks to turn in their car keys in exchange for pedals. This year they toured 11 cities, including Chicago, San Fransisco, and Austin, Texas. They hosted over 15,000 paraders, swapped 11 cars for]]>... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/new-belgium-brewing-bikes.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/new-belgium-brewing-bikes.php Cars & Transportation bikes news beer bike-friendly world biking colorado Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:35:49 -0500 ca-discovery-green_js 1 true RSS