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Consumer Hype Wanes as Cash for Clunkers Revives
August 12, 2009 – 12:40 pm | One Comment

Consumer Hype Wanes as Cash for Clunkers Revives

Photo by ThreadedThoughts.
Looks like the Cash for Clunkers frenzy is dying down, just a few days after the Senate pumped another $2 billion into the program.
According to E&E News:
Consumer interest in the government’s “cash for …

Cash for Clunkers: “Environmental Effects Will Be Negligible”
August 10, 2009 – 10:59 am | 7 Comments

Cash for Clunkers: “Environmental Effects Will Be Negligible”

The Cash for Clunkers program is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Photo by ThreadedThoughts.
The Cash for Clunkers program, which gives consumers up to a $4,500 discount when they trade in their old …

Art for Urban Mobility’s Sake
August 3, 2009 – 10:54 am | No Comment

Art for Urban Mobility’s Sake

Image via ROJO magazine.
Just months after the launch of its fortwo model in Brazil this past April, smart — the makers of the popular mini two-seater cars — is sponsoring an outdoor art project this …

Major New Study: Sustainable Transportation Reduces Emissions While Saving Money
July 29, 2009 – 2:51 pm | 5 Comments

Major New Study: Sustainable Transportation Reduces Emissions While Saving Money

Image from Moving Cooler.
If anyone’s not seen it yet, the new Moving Cooler report is destined to be a real landmark moment in United States sustainable transportation. It’s quite rare to see any sort of …

New Report: “Easing Off the Gas” in the U.S. Northwest
July 24, 2009 – 11:53 am | One Comment

New Report: “Easing Off the Gas” in the U.S. Northwest

A new report from the Sightline Institute shows that people in the Northwest states — Oregon, Washington and Idaho — are consuming less gasoline, riding more public transit and driving less than before, indicating a …

Zazcar Breaks Ground in Latin America, Makes Sao Paulo the World’s 1000th Car-Sharing City
July 17, 2009 – 4:49 pm | 3 Comments

Zazcar Breaks Ground in Latin America, Makes Sao Paulo the World’s 1000th Car-Sharing City

Zazcar became the 1,000th city in the world to offer car-sharing services. Let’s commemorate this milestone with a holiday!
Our good friends at World Streets today highlight a huge milestone for sustainable mobility: Sao Paulo …

NYT on BRT: Great to See, A Bit Disappointing to Read
July 13, 2009 – 4:25 pm | One Comment

NYT on BRT: Great to See, A Bit Disappointing to Read

For a BRT advocate, it was really exciting to wake up this morning to a front-page, above-the-fold article in the New York Times, with Transmilenio as the central picture. Reading Elisabeth Rosenthal’s article, though, I …

Carpooling Meets Facebook
July 6, 2009 – 2:27 pm | 6 Comments

Carpooling Meets Facebook

Here’s a video about an organization that leverages the power of online social networking in order to make carpooling easier, safer, and more convenient. If you need a ride somewhere or if you’re looking …

The French Get Funny for Car-Sharing
July 1, 2009 – 1:37 pm | No Comment

The French Get Funny for Car-Sharing

Originally posted by Noah Kazis at TheCityFix DC.

World Streets shares this very funny French ad for a car-sharing company.
The translation of their slogan is “It’s almost your car.” In another ad, the same man is …

It Takes a Village to…Build a Car?
June 23, 2009 – 10:59 am | 2 Comments

It Takes a Village to…Build a Car?

Open source technology: Software companies do it. Why not carmakers? Photo via Riversimple.
What if you could revolutionize the way cars are designed and built by opening the process up to input from the entire community?
That’s …