75 Years Later

Every so often a concept car will come along that initially may make you gasp. The BMW 328 Hommage is one of those. It's strange, 'dead-eye' look is both off-putting and extremely simple and beautiful. The skintight metal wraps the car in an impossibly low stance, and the absence of rearview mirrors add to theContinue reading "75 Years Later"

The Bikeification of Clinton

Long known for its bike-friendliness, Portland has made big strides in improving safe access to cyclists all over the city. Dangerous bridges and overpasses have been transformed and retrofitted with pedestrian and bike paths, allowing multi-modal transport to and fro.  When it comes to more quiet neighborhoods, the city isn't sitting still either.  Perhaps spurredContinue reading "The Bikeification of Clinton"

Americans are Working to Feed Their Cars

Via TreeHugger: James Schwartz writes The Urban Country " to show that using a bicycle for transportation is fast, fun and healthy & improves our cities, our people and the world." He also occasionally writes about how using a car for transportation is slow, annoying, polluting and destroys our cities, our people and the world.Continue reading "Americans are Working to Feed Their Cars"

Cars of the ‘Future’

Oh, what a world we thought we were going to live in. "Bubble" cars, walking automobiles, even cars concepted to run off of small nuclear reactors. All of this and more was the future that 1940s, 50s and 60s made us believe was just around the corner.

Van Hulsteijn Bikes

This Dutch company has created a line of striking bikes. Called simply "The Classic", you will not be incognito on this strange, handbuilt beauty. Van Hulsteijn Classic starting at €1495.

Concept Cars. Impossibly cool.

Don't hold your breath. That's the lesson I've taken after 15 years of being a car geek, and seeing the latest and greatest in future concepts.  Occasionally, a concept strikes such a chord with the public that it is quickly developed, albeit in a watered down variety.  Despite the fact that concept cars (show carsContinue reading "Concept Cars. Impossibly cool."

The first two of the bunch.

I have some very progressive neighbors. Within a 5-minute bikeride of my home, there are a handful of families that drive electric cars and trucks. They are tiny, three-wheeled contraptions, made in China and severely limited in range or capability. But I definitely give the early EcoAdopters credit. This winter, however, the first two mainstreamContinue reading "The first two of the bunch."

Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards

62 MPG. Let that number sink in. Very good news for the planet, and for technology! Via TIME: Environmentalists can take President Obama to task for more than a few disappointments over the first two years of his Administration—and some of them have—but one area where the White House has fulfilled its green pledges isContinue reading "Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards"

Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online

Highly disturbing and frustrating article on biking. "CYCLING to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians." Continue reading.... Toxic cities mock 'healthy' cycle riding - Times Online.