transport

Strike! - Jeremy Brecher

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2013-04-22

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Domestic violence, International Women's Day, and the RMT

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2013-03-11

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From Autobahn to Bioregion

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2012-10-29

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Crit.TransactionalCapacity-440x246.thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="56" /></span>Considering that forty percent of the time we spend traveling, across all cultures, is spent walking or waiting, the challenge was stark: that the car is complicit in a wi

Electric velomobiles: as fast and comfortable as automobiles, but 80 times more efficient

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-10-25

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/6a00e0099229e88833017ee462ddb2970d-400wi.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>The velomobile offers a more interesting alternative to the bicycle for longer trips.</p>

Bicycling for Better Business

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2012-10-24

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/2809909112_517d0e47f2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="75" height="100" /></span>Cities across the U.S. discover that good biking attracts great jobs and top talent to their communities</p>

Transport - Oct 5

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2012-10-05

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/wheels-for-all.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="93" /></span>-There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find<br />
-Are electric cars bad for the environment?<br />
-Amsterdam's New Electric Scooter Program Aims To Improve Transportation Options

Montreal: City of Bikes

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-09-27

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/bixi_3-480x360.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>Last year I visited Montreal to attend the Ecocity World Summit, a biannual gathering of visionaries from around the globe committed to creating cities where people live in mutually enric

Cargo cyclists replace truck drivers on European city streets

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2012-09-26

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/6a00e0099229e88833017ee3b1b2eb970d-500wi.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="57" /></span>Those with strong cycling legs have ever more jobs up for grabs in Europe these days.

Transport - Sept 21

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2012-09-21

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/bike-car.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="48" /></span>-What would British roadsl look like if we treated them the same way we do our cycle lanes?<br />
-Check Out This Great Bike-Sharing 'How To' Guide for U.S. Cities!

Fuel prices and efficiency - Sept 20

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-09-20

<p>-Has vehicle efficiency really curbed U.S. oil demand?<br />
-Thresholds in the economic effects of oil prices<br />
-Fuel use in new cars could halve by 2030: IEA</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-09-20/fuel-prices-and-efficiency-sept-20">read more</a></p>

Sail Transport Movement Enters U.S. Mainstream

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-09-20

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/NotreDameDeRumengolThumb.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-_original" width="100" height="67" /></span>The last month has seen exciting U.S. sail-transport developments.

Regenerative Adelaide

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2012-09-11

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Girardet_Figure1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="64" /></span>An urbanizing world requires major policy initiatives to make urban resource use compatible with the world's ecosystems.

Riding towards sustainable development, on bamboo

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-09-06

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/bamboo-bike-banner1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="40" /></span>In Ghana, a country burgeoning with traffic congestion, increasing economic growth, and a stark urban-rural divide, making frames of bicycles out of bamboo could be the key to promot

Cities and transport - Aug 31

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2012-08-31

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/give-me-3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="68" height="100" /></span>-The Demise of the Car<br />
-Yep, High Speed Rail Will Slash Emissions<br />
-Citizen Crosswalks in Paris [video]

Rising support of sail transport - for a different world economy

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2012-08-24

<p>At this writing, the <i> Tres Hombres</i> schooner-brig is just reaching the Netherlands, on its way back from Copenhagen. </p>
<p>This we are sure of: as petroleum dependence continues to wreak havoc on our Earth’s sensitive environment, and the energy alternatives do not comprise an immediate solution, sail power emerges as the most viable energy source for trade and travel.</p>