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We didn’t hear it in the debates. We didn’t hear it on the campaign trail. And we didn’t hear anything about mass transit outlined anywhere in the economic bailout. It is difficult to recall anytime during the recent and ongoing economic struggle any mention of any economic stimulus for public transportation that would greatly lessen Americans' 2nd largest expense after housing....
Meeting half way is an old concept for cutting down the distance two people have to travel to get to one another. With everyone warily eyeballing gas prices and taking up bikes or a good pair of shoes as a preferable mode of transportation, shortening the travel distance and meeting half way seems even more appealing.
New Consumer offers a guide on how to stay warm, safe and dry for winter biking.
Ecuador makes history by granting nature rights in its constitution.
Volvo gets ready to unleash the first commercially viable hybrid bus.
TriplePundit test drives green cars at the Consumer Reports show.
EcoLibris interviews Bill Roth, the author of new book On Empty (Out of Time).
(Photo: Metrobus in Mexico city. By World Resources Institute.) With the goal of improving public transit in the city, Buenos Aires could have its first bus rapid transit system, also referred to as 'Metrobus', in May 2009.
Yvette Hurt of Art in Motion in Lexington, Kentucky, notes that a Federal study concluded that more people used public transit systems that incorporated art. So they held a competition to design an arty bus shelter, which was won by Aaron Scales of McKay Snyder Architects, a local firm.
It is made of bottles of a local favourite beer ginger ale called Ale 8 One, donated by the brewery. “I'm from Kentucky, and Ale 8 One is something I've kind of grown up with,” said Scales, an architectural intern at McKay Snyder, who was a senior at the University of Kentucky when the shelter design was done.
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I really don't want to get into another flame war over the idea of Personal Rapid Transit; my ears are still burning from the abuse I received from my last post. But I still don't get the obsession that public transit is too , well, PUBLIC, and that so much time and energy is being spent on systems that cost more and carry fewer people, just so there is no chance of sitting next to someone NOKD.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament: Soon to be painted green? (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
The Israeli Knesset, perhaps the most hyperactive spot in this more-wired-than-most country, may have caught on a bit late, but it appears that the green wave washing over the country has finally reached the benches of Israel’s parliament.
Maybe it was the teetering of the governing coalition or the multi-year water crisis, or maybe it was just the sticky and oppressive summer heat. Whatever the cause, the summer session of the Knesset closed last week with an unprecedented burst of environmental legislation.
Coming to Planet Green this fall...
Ludacris? Tommy Lee? Are these celebs changing lightbulbs and using manure for fuel? You bet they are. And they are challenging you to join them in saving the planet on their new tv show.
The contest is a 30 day challenge to see which “team” can do more to save the planet. The winner headlines the concert, the loser…opens. And lets just say that the taping last week of this epic concert, well, rocked!...
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