He’s cute, he’s adventurous, he’s reliable, and he’s closeted. What more could one ask of a folding bike?
My latest love interest is the Dahon Speed 7. I’d been eying him in the …

Bike docking stations in Paris. Photo by dangiles73.
Last week, Ken Livingston, the Mayor of London, announced an ambitious plan to transform the British capital into a pedestrian and cycling city, an effort that he …

Smog in the city. Photo by A30_Tsitika.
Residents of Mexico City have a much poorer sense of smell than their counterparts in the neighboring state of Tlaxcala due, in large part, to the poorer air …

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Photo from Yotatech.
Well, maybe not. Last year Ikea announced a plan to cut energy use by 25% by 2012. So far it has been working on this goal by, among other things, introducing …

A McMansion under construction in Texas. Photo by Dean Terry.
In the last few months major magazines and papers have written provocative pieces about the housing bubble in the United States and what it means …

After some early hiccups, Tranantiago might just have a promising future. Photo by kurotashiO! ®
A year after its mangled implementation, Transantiago, the ambitious program to restructure Santiago’s sprawling and inefficient bus system, is still …

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It’s typical in Istanbul to be walking on an empty street, just enjoying the day, when out of the blue the shriek of a taxi’s horn shatters the peace and quite. …

An unusual calm on Bogota’s streets. Photo by Pattoncito from Flickr.
On Thursday, February 7 Bogotá held its 8th annual car-free day during which 14% of the population left their private cars at home and …

A view of Hyderabad. Photo by pangalactic gargleblaster.
“We clearly want to move into a much stronger system of public transport in order to avoid excessive dependence on individualized forms of transport, which are both …