Tag: Commuting - Page 6
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The Bike Porter Integrates a Basket Into Handlebars
A major function of a bike is to carry stuff, but where seats are built in, baskets and carriers are usually aftermarket add-ons. But just like every car has a trunk, every bike should have some way of carrying your
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Is High Speed Rail Coming to a City Near You? A Guide to Obama's Plans
It's one of Obama's greenest ideas--even though it may be underfunded--but news broke today that a massive high speed rail is officially on the way. The president's announcement included an outline of 10 corridors around the US that will
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GoCycle: The Electric Assist Bike We Have Been Waiting For?
TreeHugger has shown a lot of electric bikes, but this one is different. Richard Thorpe was frustrated riding a regular bike, and was tired of "arriving at work hot and sweaty, having to change from cycle to office clothing, getting dirty chain grease
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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part Two)
With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our
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Bike Commuting Is On the Rise, In Toronto Anyways
Interesting data from the last census: during the five year period ending in 2006, bike commuting increased by a dramatic 32%. In some parts of town it is now almost 30% of the commuters. This isn't just a downtown core thing only, but a pretty wide
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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One)
Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,
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Istanbul Public Transit Proves Up to the Task
Extraordinary circumstances can bring out the best in people--and in transportation systems. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area,
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EcoZoic: Cycling Clothing Made From Bamboo Charcoal
Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to
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The Tata Nano, "The People's Car," Launches in India
After much hype from the press and protest from environmental groups, the Tata Nano, a car that retails for about 100,000 Indian rupees ($2,000), is ready to hit the market. The Nano is a no frills ride. It's stocked with a tiny
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Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program is Growing Up!
Washington D.C. Bike-Sharing. Photo: Flickr, CC. Five-Fold Increase in Number of Bike Stations Time flies! It wasn't so long ago that the Washington DC bike-sharing pilot project was born, and now it's growing up: "By summer, the D.C. Department of
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The Argument for Buying Domestic Over Foreign
The American auto industry has gotten a bad wrap over the years, and justly so in many ways. While a lot of negative responses continue to circulate around the Big Three, their Bailout, and their past inferior
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San Francisco Company Starts Green Commuter Service for High End Travelers
It's hard to get a high-end person out of their Lexus and onto a city bus or the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). But in an effort to green even these commuters, Bauer's Intelligent Transportation is expanding their luxury commuter service that appeals to
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Separated at Birth? Swedish Three-Wheeler Looks A Lot Like a Messerschmitt Bubble Car
Tomorrow new Swedish car company Vehiconomics will unveil a lightweight, three-wheeled economical vehicle the company hopes will begin to
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Skip the Dealer. Order Your Wheego Online
Previous electric-car owners and those looking to eliminate gas bills have something to cheer about, as do city-dwellers and fans of golf-carts as more electric cars, and more affordable electric cars are now hitting the market. While
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Number of the Day: More Than Half of All Vehicles' Trips to Work in US are 11 Miles or Less
37% -- Vehicle trips to work that are 5 miles (8 kilometers) and less represent 37%, according to
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Introducing the Newest Creation by Rinspeed: The iChange, Controlled by Your iPhone
Photo via: Rinspeed Rinspeed has had some rather creative electric concept vehicle innovations over the years, such as the Rinspeed sQuba. Their most recently release is the Rinspeed iChange, and as the name suggests, it is partially created out of
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Will Stimulus be Enough to Bring High-Speed Rail to America?
About a year ago, TreeHugger interviewed Andy Kunz, an urban designer, New Urbanist and rail advocate. Kunz laid out a pretty convincing case for high speed rail as the solution for a
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Promoting Public Transit: I Heart This Subway Map!
We like talking about promoting public transit here on Treehugger and at Planet Green, noting that cities and countries that get it right can create a very positive image that in turn steers more people
