Tag: Car-Free - Page 2
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Old Hubcaps are Repurposed into Gorgeous Metal Art Canvases For the Landfillart Project
Hubcaps from old cars from the 1930’s through to the 1970’s find new life.
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Sobering Map Pinpoints Every Vehicle-Related Death in the US
Mapping site ITO World recently compiled data of virtually every fatality that occurred on roads in the United States between 2001 and 2009 into one sobering map.
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Beyond the Car: Envisioning a New "Sustainable Mobility Vehicle"
it's not a car, it is a robot that takes you where you need to go.
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The Week in Pictures: Cloud Travel, a Vertical Forest in Milan, and More (Slideshow)
We talk a lot about low-impact transportation on TreeHugger, from bikes to electric cars to high speed rail. But this is definitely the first time we've talked about traveling on a floating cloud.
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Which of Two Mornings is Your Morning?
Two Mornings, a video short by the Sierra Club, will either make you serenely pleased with your morning or leave you wondering if you made the right choice. Which of the two mornings is yours (video after
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Governor to Sign Bill to Make New York State Roads Bike and Pedestrian-Friendly
New York City's policy of installing bike lanes has generated a lot of discussion, but Governor Andrew Cuomo has decided that he's not going to let Michael Bloomberg get all the credit for pushing a
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Local Colorado Brewery Transports Kegs via Tricycle
When Shannon and Colin Westcott decided to start Equinox Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado, they wanted it to be a local, green operation. And that meant no keg deliveries by car or truck. So to save
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Bike-Friendly Boulder Awards Bike-Friendly Businesses
Boulder, Colorado is a pretty dreamy place for cyclists. It's the fourth-most bike-friendly city in the world according to some, but living here, you get to see how the city doesn't view being 'bike-friendly' as a
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Strasbourg Says No To Dropping Speed Limits to 30 KPH
In February, I wrote that Strasbourg, in eastern France, was planning on dropping speed limits throughout much of the city to 30km/hour (18.6 mph). The idea was to make pedestrians the "kings of
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Ottawa Gets a Bixi Bicycle Rental Going
Congratulations and bienvenue, Canada's capital city is joining the club and re-introducing a bicycle rental scheme. They are using Bixi, the bicycles used in Montreal, London and Toronto.
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Cable Cars and Floating Parks to be Built Along Thames River
All kinds of new modes of transport and parks are being built in London for the 2012 Olympics. It is getting pretty exciting: every week there's a new announcement of something different.
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Arnie and Boris Talk Fitness As Government Drops Its Olympic Fitness Goals
Oh to be a fly on the wall for the real conversation between former Governor Arnie, the Terminator, Schwarzenegger and Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.
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Living on Groupon Vouchers for a Year May Be Unwittingly Green
TreeHugger has followed the "journeys" of several people who have chosen to live on nothing for a year but here is a new twist. Josh Stevens has been living off Groupon vouchers for almost a year now across the United States and
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Cyclehoop Locks for Bicycles are Effective and Good Design
Good looking and effective street furniture is a constant theme at TreeHugger. As are bicycles. So a hearty welcome to Cyclehoop, a small company specialising in cycle parking and locking.
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Green London is a Handy Visitor's Guide
If you are thinking of coming to visit London, (not during the Royal Wedding weekend, please) here's a handy little green guide to all the best places.
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Pedal Power Meets Photovoltaics via Solarbike
Solarbike specialises in electric conversion kits for bicycles. But the business's founders, both research scientists at the University of Western Australia, have been working on a way to easily have electric bikes powered by
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First Gear. A Kid on a Bike is Independent and Healthy
Image credit: Specialized. "Set a kid riding and you set them on a winning course for life: You help defeat childhood obesity and attention deficit disorders. You give them a chance to progress and even excel in a sport. And you develop healthy habits
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TreeHugger Writers Weigh In: The Best Bikes for City Riding
There's so much to think about when purchasing the perfect two wheels for city riding: Style, comfort, theft...and the options can be seriously overwhelming. Which is where we come in: Many of us TreeHugger writers are die-hard cyclists, navigating the
