Entries Tagged as 'Alternative Transport'

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Helping Suburban Parents Save The World

I recently read the enlightening book Aphalt Nation, by Jane Holtz Kay, which elaborates on how the automobile came to dominate the American landscape and the tremendous toll that our auto-centric lives extracts from the environment, our architecture and our quality of living.  A few points struck a particular chord.  She points out that 50% […]

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Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Rethinking Bicycle Lanes

I was recently driving through the crushing traffic of Brooklyn, NY, a place that one might not necessarily associate with bike lanes.  But as I drove, I realized that bike lanes were everywhere, only they were being ignored by drivers.  On a recent drive up Bedford Avenue, cars swerved with abandon into the demarcated bike […]

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