Tag: Commuting - Page 4
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Walking: An Equal-Opportunity Answer to Traffic Congestion, From New York to New Delhi
With just 139 cars for every 1,000 residents -- compared to 209 in New York City, and a whopping 765 in the United States as a whole -- many parts of Istanbul are
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Opportunity Green Kicks off with Tour de OG Bike Trip
When CEOs of the Big Three had to take a trip to Washington to ask for a public bailout, they took private jets. Several attendees of the Opportunity Green Business Conference are taking a
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The French Have Big Plans for U.S. High-Speed Rail
Major cities in the United States may be saying "bonjour" to high speed rail. A French national railroad operator known as SNCF has submitted detailed descriptions to the U.S. Federal Railroad
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A Modern Fixed Gear with 80s BMX Style
As a scrappy kid you couldn't keep your mind off your BMX--today, as a well-rounded hipster, you salivate over single speeds. If this is you, then your ship has come in. Bike-maker SE Racing and DC Shoes have melded their nostalgic brain matter to
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Amazing! Bike Faster than Helicopters, Running Faster than Car in Sao Paulo
Do you want more proof that encouraging car use in a city is only going to lead you to traffic hell? Take a look at Sao Paulo: the city of ridiculous car jams, where there are more privately held
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Europe Celebrates Green Ways of Getting Around
From Almada, Portugal, where residents will be able to swap recyclable materials for free rides on
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Luna Chix: Badass Babes on Bikes
At this year's Wanderlust Festival, I got a chance to sit down with Karen Rehder, rider for Luna Chix and talk about bikes, babes and being a bad-ass. Here is how Luna is helping Chicks across the United States get off their
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Readers' Commuter Bike Photos (Slideshow)
From a Dahon M&, 956 -- that commutes on Brooklyn, New York's waterfront Greenway -- to a used Strida 5.0 -- which can be seen riding the road and bus in Seoul, South Korea --
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Creating Green Commuters from Scratch in Portland
One of the things bike and transit advocates always struggle with is how to get people out of their cars -- how to convince
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Pretty Prius Freeway Flowers: What About the Water Restrictions?
Call me an eco-curmudgeon, but a new ad campaign from Toyota to celebrate the 2010 Prius model has taken seed in Southern California. Nine "oversized" eco-friendly "Harmony
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Stop Driving not just for the Environment, but for health: Car Drivers Breathe More Smog
We all know that driving is bad for the environment, but did you know that it can also be bad for your health?
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Commuter Couture by Outlier Tailored Performance
Photo via Outlier If you're a bike commuter (or just a vain rider), and you don't want to abide by the traditional archetypical aesthetic (rearview mirror on glasses, 1985 Bell helmet, rubber-bands around your pant cuff), check out Outlier Tailored
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Winning Design Concept Connects Folding Scooters, Electric Buses, and Bike Trees
Images via Marten Wallgren The Future City Mobility competition enticed designers to envision how London's transportation could look in 2030. Marten Wallgren, a Swede studying at the Royal College of Art, along with three cohorts, took the SeymourPowell
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Is Slow Cycling Faster? The Guardian 'Tests' Riding Styles
Image credit: Sami Commuters Go Head to Head in Battle of the Bikes I'm beginning to love The Guardian's bike related blog posts. Only yesterday they got me musing over the rights and wrongs of cycling drunk, and they've also explored work-appropriate
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Bringing Cycle Fabulousity to the Streets of Charleston
Last week for our first anniversary my husband surprised me with the most stunning new bike one could ever imagine. A sage and baby blue vintage beach cruiser with a bell, basket, and petal brakes. You see, I like to cruise to my
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The Shweeb Pedal-Powered Monorail: Fast and Carbon-Free
Finally: The Infrastructurist shows us the perfect mashup of a podcar with Velo-City: The Shweeb, a pedal-powered monorail that is "a direct response to the transportation needs of today and the future."
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Shower in a Bottle: Another Cycling Excuse Gone
Image credit: FitSense Rocket Shower Offers Shower with no Running Water From navy showers to occasional showers, there are plenty of ways to get clean and still save water. But what about showering with no water at all? In their quest to find the best
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New Group to Advocate for High-Speed Rail
President Obama strongly supports high-speed rail, environmentalists are behind it (well, at least some of them) and the Federal Railroad Administration is
