I said I was going to start doing weekly summaries of my articles from around the web just a couple posts ago, but my last one was actually published almost a month ago now (partly due to a vacation). The…
Bicycle City
The first Bicycle City is finally getting built! More on that and how Bicycle City got started via co-founder Joe Mellet below. I have seen advertisements for Bicycle City for years now. I remember when it first got started —…
London Cycle Scheme “Boris Bikes” Visualized
London is one of the latest big cities to implement a modern bike sharing program. The “cycle scheme” (as they call it in England) is popularly called “Boris Bikes” now, named after London Mayor Boris Johnson. To help show the…
Where’s the World’s Most Painful Commute?
I was just writing earlier on the power of cities and the progressive transportation choices cities can take to turn the world around (environmentally, economically, and otherwise). Looking at this from a different (and perhaps more negative) angle, IBM recently released…
Power Shifting from Nations to Cities
Cities are becoming more powerful than nations. Hopefully, they will use that power for good, not for evil.
San Francisco Transbay Transit Center [VIDEO]
![San Francisco Transbay Transit Center [VIDEO]](http://zacharyshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/013.jpg "San Francisco Transbay Transit Center [VIDEO]")
Animation of the upcoming Transbay Transit Center (aka Grand Central of the West) that just broke ground on Wednesday.
Green News Stories Story
Tons of big green news stories in one short article. There are tons of big green news stories out there every day. Although we can’t (and probably shouldn’t) cover all of them here on Planetsave, it drives me crazy not…
Important Media Weekly Round-Up
Something you should be aware of if you’re not yet is that Planetsave is a part of theImportant Media network. Other than Planetsave, there are currently 10 other sites in the network. Though I don’t often cover other stories on…
The Mercury Train: The Concorde of High Speed Rail [Video]
Let’s say you’re a leading design firm like Priestmangoode, for example, and you’re trying to get high-speed rail lines built across the UK. What’s the most effective way to sway public opinion and influence leaders? When you’ve got something as cool to…