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Efficient Planes Good For Business; Gas Guzzlers Get Left Behind

By On December 1, 2011 · 1 Comment

The airline industry is one of the nation’s biggest consumers of fuel – no surprise there – but new aircraft technology has dramatically improved planes’ fuel efficiency.  Besides drastically cutting carbon emissions, more efficient jetliners have proven critical for airlines’ financial bottom lines, and companies clinging to outdated technology are paying the price, as evidenced [...]

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Top U.S. Cities For Winter Bicycle Commuting

By On November 3, 2011 · 8 Comments

For bicycle commuters, continuing to pedal through the winter months can be a daunting task, especially if one lives in a northern city. Often the decision for winter bicycle commuting comes down to perspective: Is cycling a sport or a viable form of transportation that offers a multitude of advantages such as saving money and [...]

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Electric Vehicles – Looking Back, Looking Forward At The Smithsonian

By On October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Bet you didn’t know that an electric car was the nation’s best-selling vehicle back in ’04.  1904, that is.  If you think the late 1990′s were the dawn of this technology, think again – electric vehicles have been around for over a century.  A new display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, part of [...]

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Gas-Free Commuting: Efficient And Amazingly Economical

By On October 20, 2011 · 1 Comment

Automobiles are a major source of pollution (no surprise there).  Cars also play a big role in our reliance on petroleum, which has its own environmental and socio-political baggage.  So reducing your time behind the wheel may be the socially responsible thing to do, but it literally has a more direct payoff too – [...]

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Catalina Island: 14-Year Car Waiting List

By On September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Catalina Island is the only place in California where the number and size of road-going motor vehicles is regulated by law. For residents of the island who want to bring a personal car, this means signing up at the bottom of a 14-year waiting list. Tourists are not permitted to [...]

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The Largest Car-Free Place In U.S.: Mackinac Island

By On September 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

Mackinac Island lies between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan within the Straights of Mackinac, a strip of water separating the peninsulas as well as connecting the Great Lakes of Huron and Michigan. This 3.8-square mile island is part of the state of Michigan and has evolved from a strategic commercial and military center [...]

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New Yorkers Asked To Suggest Bike Sharing Locations

By On September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A 600-station bike sharing system is slated to debut during the summer of 2012 in New York City. The network of 10,000 bicycles is being set up in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and future expansion into Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx is possible. New York City Bike Share is privately [...]

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The Longest Car-Free Bicycle Routes In The Northeast

By On September 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

Car-free bicycle routes in the Northeast can be found on rail trails and local town greenways. With 392 open trails encompassing 3,233 miles, the Northeast region can rival the rail trails of the Midwest, where the rail trail movement began. With heavily traveled and traffic-congested roads, cyclists and other transportation advocates embrace the [...]

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Go Car-Free in DC and Save More Than $10,000 A Year

By On September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A recently-published study by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) ranks the top 20 cities where going car-free will save the most money. Number 14 on the list is Washington, DC, which has nearly 200,000 car-less households already.

The APTA’s report claims that the average DC resident would save $10,282 per year in transportation-related [...]

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Dutch Electric Bike Sales Outstripping City Bikes

By On September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Electric bicycle sales are on the rise worldwide, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the Netherlands, where revenue from e-bike sales recently surpassed revenue from city bike sales.

The Netherlands was the first nation to enact an official national bicycle policy, and the country has thousands of miles of bicycle paths [...]

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