Need a More Efficient Flight from Dubai to San Francisco? Good News…
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffEditor's note: Below is a post that Adam Stern at TerraPass recently shared with us. In our opinion, the accomplishment of the world's "longest green flight" is a dubious one, and we are wary of spreading ...
Need a More Efficient Flight from Dubai to San Francisco? Good News…
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffEditor's note: Below is a post that Adam Stern at TerraPass recently shared with us. In our opinion, the accomplishment of the world's "longest green flight" is a dubious one, and we are wary of spreading ...
Underground, Automated Bike Parking in Tokyo
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffWe recently learned about a great solution for cyclists in Tokyo: Underground bike parking garages. This innovation answers a significant public need. According to the Earth Policy Institute, about 90 percent of people in Tokyo commute ...
A Mesmerizing Look at Global Air Travel
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffVia Wired, the best YouTube video since Chocolate Rain: an animated look at 24 hours of global air travel, compressed into 72 seconds. Behold: That's a heck of a lot of flying, no? More ...
Could Cell Phones Enable Bike-Sharing in the Developed World?
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Jay Walljasper You can glimpse the future of clean, green transportation right now on the streets of Paris, and it might astonish you. We generally assume that solutions to declining oil supplies and global warming will burst ...
Is the End of Auto-cracy in Sight?
Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffOur car-dominated transportation system may soon make more room for biking, walking, transit and trains. by Jay Walljasper One of the biggest factors undermining a commons-based society during the 20th Century was the automobile. Untold billions of ...
DIYcity Challenge: Build a Rideshare Program that Works
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffUsing computer and communication applications to improve the rate and ease at which we work is something we write about often at Worldchanging (see more stories here, here and here). Applications like Twitter and Facebook not ...
Another Suggestion for U.S. Automakers: Build Railroads
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffA MUNI streetcar in San FranciscoPhoto credit: flickr/mickeynick, Creative Commons license Last week, we published a few words of advice for the U.S. auto industry from sustainable business expert Gifford Pinchot III. In short: build windmills. This week, ...
Netherlands Plans Massive Road-Pricing Scheme
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffPay-as-you-drive system can fight congestion and emissions How did I miss the fact that the Netherlands is planning to wire up the entire nation for a massive road-pricing scheme, starting in 2011? Sort ...
Airport Taxi Lines
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Adam Stern A new front in the fight to cut carbon. I landed at Washington Dulles airport last month en route to a climate policy conference. As I waited at the taxi stand for a cab to ...
Electric Car Charge Stations: $1B in the Bay Area
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffWe've written a lot about electric cars and the utility of the "smart garage" concept. Of course, one of the challenges with electric cars is their still-limited range, and the need to find places to recharge when ...
Paradise On Wheels
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffEurope proves that if you build it, they just might come. The recent Times article on the bike-sharing boom in Europe offers up lots of good stuff. For mayors looking to ease congestion and prove their ...
Image of the Day: As California Goes…
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffFrom Current TV: The 800-mile network of trains would operate at upwards of 220mph and cost around $45 billion to construct, but it'll create 320,000 permanent jobs by 2030 and reduce the state's reliance on fossil fuel ...
Transit: A Full Ride
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBuses and trains can be a good deal for the climate -- especially if they're full! The typical Seattle-area bus has 42 seats. One of the big, articulated buses has as many as 64 seats. ...
Can Congestion Charging Soothe Beijing’s Woes?
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffOlympic transport measures in Beijing were a great success, but the British capital may still have some important lessons to teach the Chinese capital about managing traffic. by Murad Qureshi Visiting Beijing for the very successful Olympic ...
Fewer Roads, Less Congestion
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffOn the roads, anarchy exacts a penalty. A while back, the Christain Science Monitor ran a fascinating article on one of the most counterintuitive subjects in transportation policy: the so-called Braess Paradox. Stated simply, mathematician Dietrich ...
Boosts for Bike Commuting
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Offby Adam Stern Buried in the financial rescue bill passed by Congress last week is a provision to encourage bike commuting. The idea is to level the playing field for cyclists, who currently can’t get benefits ...
Does the Air-Powered Car Really Work?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffYes, but it only runs on unicorn brea— no wait, it really does work. Zero Pollution Motors is drumming up press again, with claims that an improved version of its “air-powered car” can travel 848 miles on ...
Does the Air-Powered Car Really Work?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffYes, but it only runs on unicorn brea— no wait, it really does work. Zero Pollution Motors is drumming up press again, with claims that an improved version of its “air-powered car” can travel 848 miles on ...
Why Not in America?
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffA lack of infrastructure -- not sprawl -- hinders the adoption of bicycles. by Adam Stein The recent surge in gas prices and growing concern over carbon emissions have goosed efforts to increase bicycle ridership in metropolitan areas, ...