Brian PJ Cronin
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New York City’s ambitious rollout of more than 250 miles of new bike lanes since 2007 has been fraught with controversy, to put it mildly. Now a group of eleven graduate students from the Urban Affairs and Planning Program at Hunter College have produced a 145 page report called “Beyond the Backlash: Equity and Participation in Bicycle Planning” that suggests one way to cool tensions: Build more bike lines. And fast.
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If you had problems falling asleep last night, we can relate: We were pretty excited for the beginning of Bike to Work Week, too.
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If you live in Southern California and drive a fuel-cell car, good news: You just got your seventh hydrogen refueling station! This one’s in Torrance, a suburb of Los Angeles, and is the world’s first hydrogen filling station that taps directly into an existing hydrogen pipeline.
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If you’re still using those plain ol’ American flag stamps, you are losing the future. The United States Postal Service recently issued their new “Go Green” stamps illustrating simple lifestyle changes all of us can make in order to help the environment.
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Everybody loves Zipcar, as their recent IPO attests. In the 11 years they’ve been around, the car sharing service has kept at least 120,000 cars off the road and revolutionized the way we think about car rentals.
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If you’ re looking for an eco-friendly way to travel down the California coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles, you’ ve got a few options.
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To celebrate their 40th birthday, Amtrak is letting children up to 15 years of age travel for free from May 1 through June 9 (40 days!).
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Mazda has gone to great lengths at the NY Auto Show to make it clear that their new line of fuel efficient cars shouldn’t be confused with hybrids and electrics in any way, shape, or form.
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A new USC study finds a link between brain damage and freeway air pollution.
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