By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Bicycles are the ideal vehicles for navigating sprawling, car-centric environments quickly, safely, and affordably. Also, riding a bicycle is both fun and healthy, and biking is an effective way people build community and create lasting, positive changes in our lives and the world around us.
By Kris De Decker, Low-Tech Magazine
High speed rail is destroying the most valuable alternative to the airplane; the "low speed" rail network that has been in service for decades.
By Elly Blue, Microcosm Publishing
Studies of the effects of bicycling on retail are still coming in, but they produce nearly unanimous results. One fact is clear: People who ride bicycles spend money.
By Elly Blue, Microcosm Publishing
One of the biggest barriers to bicycling people report is simply access to a bicycle.
By Elly Blue, Resilience.org
My book, Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy, comes out in December, and I’m already getting pushback about the title.
By Oliver Lovell, Post Growth
It’s 4pm on a wintery Sunday in Hobart, and the Hobart Bike Kitchen (HBK) can pat itself on the back after another great day of service.
By Andrew Willner, Transition US
Transitioning includes reinvigoration of heirloom technologies and traditional skills needed to thrive in a carbon-constrained future.
By Jan Lundberg, Sail Transport Network
The nations and waters of the North Sea comprise the modern world's most intensive sail transport environment.
By John Decicco, Yale Environment 360
For nearly four decades, every American president has promoted alternative fuel vehicles as a way to secure the country’s energy independence.
By Janaia Donaldson, Peak Moment Television
Picture a sofa perched on a bicycle for its move across town! That’s how Portlanders Joel and Barb Grover transport items too big or awkward for a car.
By Gary Toth, Kody Van Dyk, Project for Public Spaces
PPS often says, ‘We have to stop building transportation through communities and instead build communities through transportation.’
By Jayanthi Reddy, Shareable
Michigan may be known as the home of the Motor City, but there are more than a few folks here who enjoy traveling by bicycle.