Electric car benefits are great enough now (after 100+ years of history and development) that I think most car owners would be better off with an electric car. But transitions take time and can be quickened with good incentives. As we inch…
Did you know that General Motors slowly took over mass transit in the LA area and then all but eliminated it? Award-winning Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten informs us in his latest documentary, Bikes vs Cars — We Are Many, about this and much more. He creates a fascinating, educational study revealing more about bicycle culture […]
Bikes vs Cars — New Documentary From Award-Winning Swedish Filmaker Fredrik Gertten was originally published on Bikocity.
Solar permitting in the US is a nightmare in many places. In world-leading solar countries like Germany and Italy, the process is much, much simpler. However, some localities in the US have worked on streamlining their process. Palo Alto’s new…
Here are a couple reposts from Bikocity. The first documents the rise of bike commuting in the US, especially in “Bicycle Friendly Communities” and 10 key cities. The second repost is about how Bicycle Friendly Communities are evaluated. Check them…
Holland — one of my favorite places in the world. More info in this Bikocity repost below. Below is a fun (& funny) video about Holland. Of course, biking is highlighted a bit. Biking makes life so much cooler, easier, more…
Reposted from Bikocity: More or less, bicycle infrastructure policy and its relationship to riderships was the topic of my 2007 master’s thesis. It’s been obvious to some of us for a long time that bicycle infrastructure policy needs to change…
Wrapping up my short series on 4 Senate candidates you should support and vote for (if you can), Chris Murphy of Connecticut is last but not least. Murphy has one of the best intro statements I’ve ever seen, maybe the…
Reposting my interview for CODE_n Blog a few minutes ago made me realize that I never reposted my interview for Mashable (one of the most popular websites in the world) here. So, I’m doing that now! Notably, along with…
The folks over at CODE_n Blog recently asked to interview me about various cleantech matters. Below is the full interview, reposted from the CODE_n Blog… blog: Zachary Shahan is the editor and director of CleanTechnica and Planetsave. CleanTechnica is…
It looks like Cornell University is going to get a tremendous clean energy project in NYC — it will use solar energy, geothermal energy, fuel cells, and innovative design on a pretty large scale. It seems it’s just missing wind…