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Winners of the Livable Streets Contest
May 29, 2009 – 3:23 pm | One Comment

Winners of the Livable Streets Contest

Steve Price won the Livable Streets Contest for his vision of a “complete street” in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Last week, GOOD announced the winners of its Livable Streets Contest.
It was a simple assignment: “Take a photo of …

Lessons From San Sebastian
May 28, 2009 – 11:09 am | No Comment

Lessons From San Sebastian

EMBARQ presents a slideshow about the concept of “Mobility Management (MM)” in San Sebastian, Spain.
View the entire slideshow here.
Mobility Management
At the core of Mobility Management are “soft” measures like information and communication, organising services and …

Zero Pollution Motors Pulling Energy Out of Thin Air
May 26, 2009 – 11:21 am | 2 Comments

Zero Pollution Motors wants to revolutionize the auto industry with a vehicle that runs on compressed air. Photo via Pneumatic Addict.
From the Associated Press:
Zero Pollution Motors is trying to bring a car to U.S. roads …

From Plastic Bottles to Bikes: Student Design Team Wins Prize for “Juicy” Idea
May 19, 2009 – 9:26 am | 2 Comments

From Plastic Bottles to Bikes: Student Design Team Wins Prize for “Juicy” Idea

Students from Appalachian State University figured out how to make working bicycles out of recycled plastic bottles. Image from 2one2Design.com.
A friend of mine from high school was part of the winning team that took home …

Cycle for Health: Recycling Bicycles to Save Lives in Rural Africa
May 15, 2009 – 9:57 am | No Comment

Cycle for Health: Recycling Bicycles to Save Lives in Rural Africa

The Cycle for Health logo, via the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Web site.
Yesterday, The City Fix wrote about the winners of the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a design competition to “support the development and implementation of …

Dude, Where’s My 50 Miles Per Gallon Gasoline Car?
May 4, 2009 – 9:48 am | No Comment

Dude, Where’s My 50 Miles Per Gallon Gasoline Car?

According to Lee Schipper, “a battery supplying the 40-mile range of the GM Volt is said to cost $20,000.” Photo by EuroTraveler.
Lee Schipper, senior fellow at EMBARQ and senior research engineer at the Precourt Energy …

FastFleet Follow-up: Small Innovation, Big Impact
April 29, 2009 – 9:41 am | No Comment

FastFleet Follow-up: Small Innovation, Big Impact

The coolest thing about Zipcar’s new FastFleet service isn’t the technology–it’s the buzz. Photo by dominiccampbell.
In response to yesterday’s post about Zipcar’s launch of FastFleet, a municipal fleet management service, Clayton Lane, the chief …

Sharing Cars and Saving Cash: Zipcar Brings FastFleet to Government Sector
April 28, 2009 – 5:43 pm | 3 Comments

Sharing Cars and Saving Cash: Zipcar Brings FastFleet to Government Sector

The latest car-sharing model to hit the streets could save millions of taxpayer dollars, reduce pollution, and make it easier to beat the morning commute.
The one-of-a-kind service is called FastFleet, a new fleet management system …

Ode to Bicycling
April 22, 2009 – 9:34 am | No Comment

Ode to Bicycling

Kyle Boelte published an article in The Christian Science Monitor entitled “The Soul (and Sense) of Biking to Work.” While he makes both a wonderful, practical, and emotional appeal to would-be commuter bikers – …

GOOD Magazine: “Reinventing Our Wheels”
April 20, 2009 – 11:42 am | No Comment

GOOD Magazine: “Reinventing Our Wheels”

GOOD magazine published its jam-packed, 112-page “Transportation Issue,” devoted to a “drastic rethinking of how we move around, how we design our cities, and how we power our vehicles.”
The articles cover a lot of ground, …