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Brit’s Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline

By Jason Varone | Aug 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

Britain’s Liberal Democrat Party unveiled a detailed plan to tackle climate change which includes a ban on fossil fuel powered cars by 2040. The Guardian reports: The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, and the party’s environment spokesman, Chris Huhne, unveiled the proposal today as part of a package of measures designed to make Britain […]

Video: The Velib Project

By Jason Varone | Aug 30, 2007 | 14 Comments

More on the Vélib Project: this video shows the bicycles in action during the opening week. The Vélib was an instant success with Parisians clocking one million rides by the end of week two. The video is presented by Eric Britton, founder of the Paris-based New Mobility Agenda, who says "I have looked at more […]

Trek: A Bike Maker Flexes Some Advocacy Muscle

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 29, 2007 | 6 Comments

One thousand Trek Lime "cruising bicycles," waiting for riders. David Vandenberg of Transportation Alternatives recently returned from Trek Bicycle’s 2008 sales meeting in Madison, Wisconsin where he reports the manufacturer of Lance Armstrong’s high-tech racing bike is positioning itself as corporate America’s leading bicycling advocate: Billed as "major product announcement," Trek President John Burke unveiled […]

Casino-Jamming in the Catskills

By Sarah Goodyear | Aug 29, 2007 | 5 Comments

Way back in February Gov. Eliot Spitzer declared his support for a plan to build a $600 million casino in the Catskills. Now opponents of the St. Regis Mohawk tribe project, which would be located at the Monticello Racetrack in Sullivan County, have launched a public-relations campaign highlighting the traffic congestion and sprawl they say […]

Congestion Pricing News of the World

By Jason Varone | Aug 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

We can barely keep up with the international congestion pricing headlines these days: Mumbai, India to Charge Fees for Driving (Mumbai Newsline) Finland: Half of Helsinki Backs Congestion Charge (Newsroom Finland) New Zealand: Pricing Could Ease Traffic Jams, New Study Suggests (Scoop) Singapore: LTA to Expand Electronic Road Pricing (Channel NewsAsia) Charleston E-ZPass Bill Sets […]

Ich bin ein Bicyclist

By Jason Varone | Aug 24, 2007 | 17 Comments

In a report for CBSnews.com on Berlin, Germany’s booming bike culture, Christine Lagorio expresses shock at the sheer number of bikes she saw in Berlin and the way in which motorists and cyclists share the road "gracefully." This, she says, is something she has never experienced in her home town of New York City. In […]

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