Alternative Transportation

Top 10 Trends in Green Transportation

Inhabitat selects their top 10, ranging from DIY bicycles to the fall of the S.U.V. Notably, transit is barely mentioned.
2 January 2009 - 5:00am
Inhabitat

What A Difference A Year Makes

Tue, 12/16/2008 - 14:48
In late 2007, it was with increasing frustration that I penned and op-ed entitled "Make Miami a Bicycle-Friendly City." Appearing in the December 13th edition of the Miami Herald, the article implored City officials to make the city more amenable to bicycling (It was no surprise in the spring of 2008 when Bicycling Magazine named Miami one of the three worst cities in America in which to bicycle).

The City's response exceeded all of my expectations.

Scraper Bikes: Urban and Internet Phenomenon

Scraper bikes, tricked-out bicycles adopted from scraper cars (with wheels so big they scrape the inside of the wheel well), have become increasingly popular among carless teens in Oakland, CA.
18 September 2008 - 1:00pm
National Public Radio

Milwaukee More Bike-Friendly than Residents Realize

One resident finds it surprisingly easy to live on Milwaukee's East Side without a car.
2 September 2008 - 12:00pm
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The Future of the Electric Car

Shai Agassi, who's not quite the household name T. Boone Pickens is, has an even more radical plan to end the planet's oil addiction.
26 August 2008 - 8:00am
Wired

Pittsburgh Takes Steps Toward Bike-Friendliness

Pittsburgh becomes first city in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to hire a full-time bike/pedestrian coordinator.
14 August 2008 - 5:00am
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Boston Moving Towards Bicycle Friendliness

After years of being ranked one of the worst bicycling cities in America, the City of Boston is moving forward with bicycle infrastructure development as a means to cutting congestion and pollution.
7 August 2008 - 9:00am
The Boston Globe

Toyota Announces Smaller, Hipper Segway

The 'Winglet' is a new, Segway-like vehicle in development by Toyota. The video shows the Winglet in action.
2 August 2008 - 7:00am
The Guardian U.K.

Building a 'Frybrid'

Students at Petoskey High School in Michigan are building the first “frybrid” -- a grease-powered hybrid -- in Northern Michigan.
17 July 2008 - 11:00am
Petoskey News-Review

Transportation Engineers Facing Declining Funds

Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Florida are looking at a future of dwindling resources for road-building, and projecting the need for alternative transportation.
14 July 2008 - 11:00am
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The Bicycle Network

Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:18

Basic Elements

U.S. House Debates Smart Growth

The House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming met Thursday to discuss smart growth and its ability to reduce energy use and emissions.
22 June 2008 - 7:00am
Grist

A Train That Never Stops

A Taiwanese inventor is proposing a rail system that never stops for passengers, virtually eliminating delays. Follow the full story link to see the video.
19 June 2008 - 10:00am
boingboing.net

Golf Carts on Main Street

Soaring fuel costs are seeing more people turning to non-conforming vehicles, such as golf carts. But studies show that they are a risky mode of transportation.
13 June 2008 - 8:00am
The Globe & Mail

The Scooter Alternative

Scooter sales are on the rise, as Americans wake up to the effect of high gas prices on their pocketbook.
25 May 2008 - 11:00am

Portland Bicycling Goes Platinum

The City of Portland joins Davis, California, as the only other city to earn the League of American Bicyclists' Platinum rating.
8 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Oregonian

Miami Moves Forward With Bicycle Planning

Tue, 03/18/2008 - 06:39

If you think of the most bicycle-friendly cities in America, surely you do not think of Miami. In fact, if you have ever been to the "Magic City," or perhaps live here, you probably shudder at the idea of using two wheels instead of four. That may be changing.

Horsepower vs Horse Power and Sustainability

Wed, 10/24/2007 - 04:47

How sustainable is the internal combustion engine? The answer depends, in part, on your historical perspective. This point becomes startlingly evident in a recent article by UCLA doctoral student Eric Morris in the most recent issue of Access magazine. The magazine publishes accessible versions of academic research and is published by the University of California Transportation Center at Berkeley.

Cycling The Contours of Miami

Sun, 09/09/2007 - 15:01

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle. ~Ernest Hemingway

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