B-Cycle: Plug-and-Play Bike Sharing for North America
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffNominated by Julia Levitt A B-station in Denver, Colo. Bike-sharing became a globally popular hit when systems rolled out in Paris and Barcelona. Paris' Velib system has become the most iconic worldwide, but other cities have added their ...
Hydrogen City Car Hits 300mpg and 30g/km CO2
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby April Streeter Open source’, locally manufactured fuel cell car designed for sharing. With politicians and carmakers waxing lyrical about electric vehicles, the squat hydrogen fuel cell car with a top speed of 50mph introduced by start-up Riversimple in ...
Obama Drives Up Fuel Efficiency on Cars
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Polly Ghazi Robust new mileage standards for US auto industry Flanked by two unlikely allies – California’s Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson – President Obama has announced groundbreaking vehicle standards that will ...
Backseat Driver: Car doubles as Eco-Instructor
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy Hannah Bullock It’s a well-known fact that a vehicle’s gas mileage depends a lot on how it’s handled. By now, we all know the rules of eco-driving at least vaguely: watch your speed, don’t accelerate too ...
UK Powers Up Plans For World’s Largest Electric Car Trial
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Alok Jha UK government's £25m scheme to slash emissions from transport will allow public to take part in long-term trials of a range of electric cars. From the end of 2009, around 340 electric vehicles will be ...
UK Powers Up Plans For World’s Largest Electric Car Trial
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Alok Jha UK government's £25m scheme to slash emissions from transport will allow public to take part in long-term trials of a range of electric cars. From the end of 2009, around 340 electric vehicles will be ...
For Greening Aviation, Are Biofuels The Right Stuff?
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy David Biello Biofuels – made from algae and non-food plants – are emerging as a potentially viable alternative to conventional jet fuels. Although big challenges remain, the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions could be major. ...
Parking Policies Can Reduce Car Use
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Roger Valdez Does parking determine your transportation choices? While putting together an analysis of gasoline consumption, I have been trying to figure out just why Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in the Northwest has been dropping. Part of ...
Bike Safer, Bike Smarter, BikeWise
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffTo decrease air pollution and traffic congestion, local governments and other advocates have been heavily promoting a transportation alternative that's good for you and the planet: bike commuting. Although many people are starting to see the ...
Americans Green-Light Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy Anna Fahey Why are journalists telling a totally different (and backwards) story? A recent Gallup Poll reveals solid majority support for higher fuel efficiency standards such as those President Obama announced Tuesday. A March poll found 80 ...
More Cyclists Means Fewer Accidents, Says Report
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Peter Walker York is safest place to ride your bike in Britain, while Calderdale, West Yorkshire is the most dangerous, research finds A study of the most and least safe places to cycle in Britain, released today, ...
Swine Flu In Perspective
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Off150 deaths is just another day on the highway. Not to belittle anyone's anxiety about the swine flu, but I'm feeling a little peevish this morning. Today's newspaper headlines are screaming that the global death toll appears to have surpassed ...
“Make No Little Plans”: Obama Lays Out Ambitious High-Speed Rail Plan
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Off[Click to enlarge to big PDF.] President Obama laid out a sweeping vision for high-speed rail in this country yesterday. Obama has already secured $8 billion in funding in the stimulus bill and plans to pursue ...
Oregon’s Successful Mileage Tax Experiment
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffRecently I’ve been flogging the concept of a mileage tax, a system of per-mile road usage fees that over time can replace our dysfunctional gasoline tax as a way of funding transportation infrastructure. Although people have ...
Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffCuritiba, Brazil first adopted its Master Plan in 1968. Since then, it has become a city well known for inventive urban planning and affordable (to the user and the city) public transportation. Curitiba's Bus Rapid Transit ...
Riding the Bx12 Select Bus Service
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Nick Whitaker <!-- ...
Riding the Bx12 Select Bus Service
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Tesla Unveils the Electric ‘Family Car of the Future’
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffTesla Motors yesterday unveiled a pair of prototype all-electric cars that the fledgling automaker hopes will be the family friendly, mid-sized car of the future."Welcome to Model S," said designer Franz von Holzhausen as he pulled ...
Tesla Unveils the Electric ‘Family Car of the Future’
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffTesla Motors yesterday unveiled a pair of prototype all-electric cars that the fledgling automaker hopes will be the family friendly, mid-sized car of the future."Welcome to Model S," said designer Franz von Holzhausen as he pulled ...
In Praise Of The Lowly Bus
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffIntercity buses are one of the greenest ways to travel. Sustainable transportation geeks give trains lots of love, but tend to overlook buses. That's a mistake: buses are surprisingly green. This report, for example, finds that buses ...