Posted on 25 August 2009. Tags: cars, energy, transportation
My name is Vicki Vlachakis, and I work in General Motors global advance design studio, which is in California and we have a few of these studios located all over the world and we primarily focus in vehicles far out in the future from 15 years, 20 years. Read the full story
Posted in TRANSPORTATION
Posted on 25 August 2009. Tags: emissions, energy, transportation
by: Dr. Eban Goodstein
The PCAP calls for reductions in emissions in the US of 40% below current levels by 2020: that is 4% per year, every year. Can you imagine, how, over a 10-year period, you could reduce your own use of fossil fuels by 40%? (Think about heating, driving, airplane travel…) What would be needed for the US as a whole to achieve this goal?
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Posted in ENERGY, POLICY
Posted on 25 August 2009. Tags: bikes, infrastructure, transportation
by: Dr. Eban Goodstein
Which comes first-changes in commuter habits, or the infrastructure to support them? Read the full story
Posted in POLICY, TRANSPORTATION
Posted on 20 August 2009. Tags: cars, emissions, hybrid cars, movement, plug-in, transportation
I’m Ron Gremban, I’m the technical lead for Cal Cars, California Cars Initiative. We’re promoting plug in hybrids and trying to get the auto companies to build plug in hybrids as a major way of reducing our oil usage and reducing our greenhouse gases from personal transportation.
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Posted in TRANSPORTATION
Posted on 13 August 2009. Tags: cars, mass transit, movement, transportation
WORDS! One of the hardest things to do when describing this competition is to come up with words that inspire creativity rather than limit it.
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Posted on 12 August 2009. Tags: architect, bikes, cities, design, judge, transportation, urban
My name is David Baker and I’m an architect in San Francisco. We work on high density affordable urban infill housing.
And my role in transportation, that’s my hobby. I’m interested in these things because I think the thing about architects is they have a tendency to think inside the property line. Then the property line comes and it’s just “what’s that?†All it is about their building, how they fit in just as a completely separate little isolated entity. Read the full story
Posted in CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION
Posted on 11 August 2008. Tags: bikes, community, connect, sustainable, transportation
The Calitzdorp project is the work of the Great Western Cape Bicycle Ride and ITDP (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy) and is a way for farm workers in South Africa to own bikes.
Bikes being the only asset they have. “Workers in Calitzdorp, who once had no opportunity for advancement under apartheid, are discovering a newfound sense of self-worth and independence.” Contributed by Bradley Schroeder, ITDP (bschroeder@itdp.org)
If owning a means of transportation can transform someone’s quality of life in so many ways, how can we start to incorporate accessibility to these means in villages, towns and cities everywhere?
This and many other projects being created by these two companies are challenging communities to ReRoute. I find their work inspiring and ReVisionary and therefore I am sharing them with you.
This and many other projects being created by these two companies are challenging communities to ReRoute.
Posted in TRANSPORTATION