Tag: Commuting - Page 2
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Car-Dependent Suburbs May Be Slums of The Future, Says Urban Planning Report
A study released by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) in late 2010 found that "Australia will be forced to rely on huge quantities of imported oil unless it radically overhauls its transport and urban
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Driving Hacks to Save the Planet (and Wallet)
In an ideal world, everyone would be able to ditch their cars, burn some extra calories, and
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Istanbul Residents Vote On Two Ugly Tram Designs
Sigh. Just when I was feeling optimistic about the latest developments with Istanbul's public transportation system, the municipality goes and announces that it's
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Istanbul Boosts Options For Ferry Travel, Its Most Beautiful and Relaxing Way to Commute
Every time I'm on a bus inching its way along Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, on a shore road often so packed with traffic that it's faster to walk than ride, I ask myself the same thing: Why the heck doesn't the city run ferry services on this route?
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ElliptiGO for City Commuting or Exercise Outdoors
WOW, that looks fun! For those who have been searching for just the right option to reduce that falling-off-my-bike-at-every-corner factor in bicycle commuting, or to get the most out of exercise time, ElliptiGO
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Slow Down: the App for Rockin' Hypermilers
Do you get the feeling your car likes to go faster when you're blasting a great song on your interactive media system? Come on, admit it: you are secretly rationalizing that if the car goes faster fueled by the music, it must not
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So What If Telecommuting Did Encourage Travel? Travel Is Good
Yesterday my fellow TreeHugger Sami posed the question 'Does Telecommuting Encourage Travel?' To which I respond, so what if it does? Travel is good. From the act of movement itself, to the experience of new
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Does Telecommuting Encourage Travel?
Lloyd may have been unimpressed with the idea that telecommuting raises carbon emissions, and I've done my own part to promote working from home by creating a list of 5 technologies that can help
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Fired for Commuting to Work on a Segway? No Way!
Could you get fired for riding your Segway to work? What if it needs a charge to get you back home again so you plug it in to your employer's socket?
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Report Claims Bicyclists Responsible for Most Biking Fatalities in Berlin
When the New York Police blamed cyclists for causing 75% of accidents -- without offering supporting data, the organization Right of Way struck back with a report showing only 25% of bikers at fault, and that only on the
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With Light Rail Stalled, A Push for BRT in Tel Aviv
After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week. Following months of last-ditch negotiations, government officials announced that
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Lucky Koala Hit By Car Walks Away Without a Scratch
Not only is this koala bear one of the cutest animals on the planet, it just may be among the luckiest too. Defying the odds normally stacked against wildlife in an encounter with a fast moving vehicle, this koala bear survived being
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5 Innovations to Make Telecommuting Easy & Green
Image credit: US Strategic Perspective Institute/the Working from Home Council Many employers still resist telecommuting, but there's no doubt that encouraging people to work from home—even part time—could go a long way toward cutting
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14-Year-Old Turns a '72 VW Beetle into an Electric Car
It will be another two years before Ashton Stark can get his driver's license, but that's not stopping the 14-year-old from looking to the future -- and in more ways than one. With a keen sense of green and a little engineering savvy, Ashton succeeded
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Fight Obesity With 10 Miles of Cycle Tracks Per State
Harvard's Anne Lusk is a Department of Nutrition researcher extremely interested in the ways bicycles can help our overweight society. Her most recent publication documents research she and colleagues did using data from the
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Worldwide, Commuters Are in Pain and Worsening Traffic, Says IBM Report
IBM (yes, the IBM) recently released a global study of traffic, surveying over 8,000 adult drivers in 20 major cities. Perhaps the results are not that surprising - traffic is perceived by drivers as getting worse in the last
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The Last Thing We Need is More Cyclists
The more people who
