The WorldWatch Institute is a stellar independent research organization helping to create “an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs.” When I was doing research for my Master’s thesis on the relationship between bicycle facilities and bicycle travel, I ran…
New Yorkers Save $19 Billion a Year Using Sustainable Transportation
$19 billion each year is no small change, not even for New York City. Residents of the Big Apple save at least this much each year due to the simple fact that they drive less than Americans living in other…
Long Commute = Unhappiness
I heard years ago that traffic was the number one public complaint. In that light, the following information may not come as a big surprise. However, with the traditional American dream being a big house in the suburbs with a…
How Do Brits Like to Be Green?
How do Brits like to be green, and what green behaviors do they still avoid? That’s what a new survey by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), and the National Centre…
#8 Barcelona, Spain: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour
Naked bicyclists, folding bikes, balloon bikes, and more — enjoy this bicycle photo tour of Barcelona. The third B in a row, Barcelona is next on this list of great bicycle cities (right ahead of Basel, Switzerland and Bogota, Columbia).…