Shotengai: Shopping Streets and Bicycles
Explore an old Japanese neighborhood where few people would consider going to the market in a car. In Kagaya, bicycles and pedestrians rule the road.
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On Earth Day: Be a Rebel, Be Kind // EiR Volume 1, Issue 5
Our bi-weekly Environment in Review is loaded with inspirations and solutions for social and ecological well-being, ranging from national initiatives to community projects.
London’s $1.4 Billion Cycling Seed
London’s newly unveiled $1.4 Billion, 10-year bicycle plan will qualify as one of the world’s largest public works projects. With a yearly budget more than 100-times what New York City spent on bikes last year, will the effects trickle down to the U.S., or are we Yanks ‘just not built’ for cycling?
From Suburbia to Eco-Utopia in San Jose?
Silicon Valley’s City Center is in the middle of one of the great innovation capitals of the modern world to be sure, but when it comes to sustainable development, the city has traditionally been a perfect example of what not to do. How does San Jose go from suburbia to eco-utopia?
Rush Hour Stress? When Car + Bike = Good
Think that bikes and cars can’t co-exist? Not only can they co-exist, but making it happen could end up saving consumers $12k by the end of a year.
When Cycling is a Crime
“A 3,000-kilo SUV traveling 55kph beside a 10-kilo bicycle traveling 15kph? Are you Americans fucking nuts?” Take a look with us, at the current misgivings of the U.S. bicycle infrastructure, and how it can be fixed.
Burgers to the Grid: A City Powered by Human Fat
Americans eat enough excess food in a single year to provide power to 7.95 Billion households, or enough to power every house in the U.S. For about 70 years. How do we harness the power of the American belly?
Why the Bicycle isn’t About Saving the Planet
This Saturday in Changwon, Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the European Cyclists’ Federation claimed that