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Cars+Tranportation
Safety is Key to True Walkability
We can talk about urban density, city planning, and walkability all we want. If folks don’t feel safe, it’s going to be much harder to get them out of their cars.
Volkswagen’s New Electric Bike to Shorten Car Trips
Volkswagen unveiled a new concept bike at Auto China 2010. The “bik.e” is designed to fold down to the size of a car’s spare tire, making it easy to tote in your vehicle.
The idea is that folks who don’t live in walkable or bikeable urban areas can take their car into town, then switch to the much more eco-friendly electric bike once they get there.
Honda Vs. Honda: MPG Then And Now.
Today’s brand-new Honda Civic is an amazing car to buy if you are looking for a non-hybrid, well-made, high-MPG automobile.
Recycled Living Room Set Made from Abandoned Shopping Carts
Designer Ramon Coronado was struck by the trash problem in Los Angeles, especially the abandoned shopping carts around his neighborhood near MacArthur Park. He decided to turn an urban eyesore into something useful, and the Mercado Negro (Black Market) furniture line was the result!
4 Ways To Cut Over-Idling From Your Car’s Winter Routine
For most of us, winter is just around the corner, or as is the case in my Colorado town, you may have already experienced some of the ice and snow that make this season exciting and difficult all at the same time. Many people try to use alternative transportation in the Spring and Summer when [...]
5 Things You Should Know About the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Danielle takes the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid out for a spin… In working for a conservation nonprofit, it’s not very often I get the opportunity to review a highly anticipated hybrid vehicle. I spend more time in my car looking out the window trying to identify a passing bird then I would noticing the [...]
Swiss CODE-X Solar Luxury Yacht – Green?
At the very least entertaining, the Code-X Yacht is touted as a uber highend and environmentally friendly motor cruiser. It is propelled by either twin solar powered electric engines, driving this razor sharp machine 9 knots through the water, or the slightly less eco-friendly twin Ilmor marine combustion engines pumping out 790hp a piece for a top speed of 80 knots. That is quite some fossil fuel burning mayhem for a company that claims to develop “products with maximum exclusivity that use renewable energy sources.”
The Chocolate Powered Veggie Racecar
In a sport that values speed and performance above all else, a group of speed loving treehuggers are trying to dispel the myth performance must be sacrificed to incorperate sustainability. World First Racing has developed a Fomula class race car that takes sustainability beyond the fuel tank with the World First Racer.
Setting A New World Record: The Largest Off Road Race…On Electric Motorcycles
Last Saturday and Sunday, April 4th to 5th, about 50 motocross riders participated in the first 24 hour long endurance race….on electric motorcycles. The event, 24 Hours of Electricross, was hosted by Zero Motorcycles, the creators of the Zero X motorcycle, an off-road electric bike, and the soon-to-come Zero S street legal motorcycle. From 11 a.m. on Saturday to 11 a.m. on Sunday, 10 teams competed to see which could complete the most laps on one Zero X motorcycle. With a maximum of 3 batteries, the teams had to consider their speed, use of their braking systems, and how often to switch out and charge their batteries.
Organic Soup + Bicycle Delivery = SoupCycle
Two enterprising Portlanders are fueling their passion for organic food, local agriculture, and bicycles with a soup-er business: SoupCycle. Jed and Shauna, self-proclaimed Soupetarians, delivery fresh, homemade soup, bread, and salad direct to homes and offices by bicycle. It’s almost enough to make me want to move to Portland…
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