Friday Fun: Famous lyrics on New York City streets
By Jack Amick
Yes, yes y’all, you know we talkin it all, see how we bringin the street corner to Carnegie Hall. –Busta Rhymes How many songs have you heard that have New York, L.A., or London, or Paris in the lyrics? They ...
Developing countries as junker graveyards: the global cost of used cars
Photo by Hector Rios, EMBARQ Mexico.
Remember that 1994 blue minivan that your mom used to pick you up from school in? Well, chances are that gas-guzzling, oil-burning junker is probably still chugging along south of the U.S. border, maybe hauling around a Mexican family in ...
Natural gas vs. low-sulfur diesel in India, round I
Photo by archer10 (Dennis)
Natural gas might help public transport to pollute less. It might be a cost effective solution as well. The Indian government mandated natural gas in 2004 for all public buses and rickshaws in a number of cities, but was mandating ...
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, begins campaign to respect pedestrians
Campaign launch.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has taken an important step in protecting its pedestrians. Two weeks ago, the capital of the eponymous Brazilian state launched the campaign, “Pedestrians. I respect” (“Pedestre. Eu Respeito”) on city streets. The launch of the program is ...
Friday Fun: Whom might you run into on public transport?
Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive.
Many of us who enjoy public transport on a daily basis have been there…. the dinner table stories of your Aunt Mary running into the Duchess of Cambridge on the London Underground or your brother sitting three rows behind Tom ...
Switching gears and bringing cycling culture back to China and Taiwan
Photo by badbrother.
China is currently experiencing the fastest growth in bike-sharing in the world, with thirty-nine bike-share systems in place, with the latest addition from last month in Aksu, near the the Kyrgyzstan border. At the head of the thirty-nine cities sits Hangzhou, ...
Friday Fun: The 5 best nautical commutes for World Water Day 2013
Photo by Christian Haugen
Happy World Water Day 2013! In the inconceivable event you were caught unawares for the past twenty years, in 1993 the UN General Assembly designated March 22nd as an annual day to raise international awareness of water conservation issues and ...
Sustainable transport making headlines in the United Arab Emirates
Photo by Beardedalien_lr
Known for record-breaking skyscrapers, indoor ski slopes, and mega-shopping malls, the oil-rich UAE is not often the picture that immediately comes to mind on the topic of sustainable transport. But big things are happening in this small nation — from ...
Cleaning-up the air with electric tricycles in Manila, Philippines
Tricycles are a source of air pollution and health hazards in Manila. Photo by digitalpimp.
This article was edited on March 22, 2013. With over 3.5 million currently in operation, the motorized tricycle – a close cousin of the ubiquitous motorized rickshaw seen zipping through the streets of India and throughout Southeast Asia – is an icon on ...
Friday Fun: Taking auto emissions out of the picture in Beijing, China
Photo by ifindkarma.
Beijing’s poor air quality is nothing new. Yet, the visible air pollution from the “sand-smog” on February 28, 2013 still shocked the world. The Washington Post posted a photo of downtown Beijing, entitled, “The most shocking photo of Beijing air ...