Transport – Oct 28
A desire named streetcars: Alan Drake interview
Biofuel flying will take off in three years, says Boeing
Darley:
The race to store in-vehicle electricity lightly
Transportation
Dawn of the new energy order
T. Boone Pickens has challenged the U.S. presidential candidates to come up with a detailed energy plan. This speech offers them the outline of a response to that challenge…
Transport – Oct 26
Who says Americans won’t ride mass transit?
General Motors, driven to the brink
Pedal-powered delivery methods save big bucks
Locasexuals – Oct 24
Date Local: The case against long-distance relationships
Eat local, get laid
George Monbiot on air travel and Love Miles
Housing & urban design – Oct 23
Seoul turns to bicycles to combat global warming
With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus
Kunstler: The end of suburban life is coming
Transport – Oct 21
Rolls-Royce brings propeller engines back in vogue
Los Angeles transit may have to cut commuter service (AIG fallout)
End of our affair with air travel?
Transport, trade & climate – Oct 13
How the crisis saved the German railroads
Why motoring will only get more expensive
New charges on shipping could help climate
Trade and climate policies must be linked post-2012
United States – Oct 13
Cost of U.S. crisis action grows, along with debt
The Big Apple loses luster
A power that may not stay so super
People in NY state fed up with prices, politicians
Darley: The California natural gas and big truck addiction scam
Two wheels good!
Bicycle recyclers empower riders
Financial bailout gives tax break to bicycle commuters
How powerful is your workout?
Scooter-ful?
When kayaks are outlawed, only outlaws will have kayaks
A biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces a 30-day suspension for kayaking a Los Angeles River. The off-duty challenge to a ruling that the river was not navigable “undermined authority.”
The ripple effect of high oil prices
The global economy depends on a superinfrastructure of air, land, and sea transportation networks to transport basic goods, primary energy, and people across borders. However, the volatile nature of current oil prices has shaken the foundation of the transportation-oriented global economy, and sent ripple effects throughout numerous sectors.
Peak oil focus of Michigan conference in November
Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.
