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China and the long-distance runner Will bikes or cars win?	Jon Rynn	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill
China has an environmental problem. No, I'm not talking about weathering huge dust storms, opening one coal power plant a week, surpassing the U.S. as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, or flooding ecosystems with huge dam projects. I'm talking about something serious: If pollution does not get better in Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics, the long-distance track events may be canceled. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, 'China's new middle cl ...
Topics: bikes, cars, China, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Move Thyself: Flying objects edition Watch out for that flaming bag of McNuggets	Todd Hymas Samkara	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I'm so spoiled now that I live in bike-path-licious Boulder, Colorado. I hardly have to interact with cars anymore when cycling to most points in the city. But just a few weeks ago, before I moved here, I was out there with all the other Colorado cyclists in traffic getting assaulted. Sure, most assaults are verbal and harmless-ish, but then there are the ones that aren't. This article from today's Los Angeles Times leads with a list of one guy's experience in ...
Topics: bikes, cars, placemaking (all these topics)

McHenry thinks bikes, unlike sexual harassment, voter fraud, and war with Iran, are worth condemning Congress' dimmest bulb laughs at bikes	David Roberts	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The energy bill just passed by the House contains a provision that would offer a $20 monthly tax rebate to bicycle commuters. When Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) found out, he took to the floor of the House to deliver this speech (via Streetsblog): A major component of the Democrats' energy legislation and the Democrats' answer to our energy crisis is, hold on, wait one minute, wait one minute, it is promoting the use of the bicycle. Oh, I cannot make this s ...
Topics: bikes, dumbassery, energy, politics (all these topics)

Frogs love bikes Paris bike rental scheme takes off	David Roberts	09 Aug 2007	Gristmill
But wait, I thought bikes were impractical! Taxi drivers and other critics said that it would never work, but three weeks after Paris was sprinkled with 10,000 self-service bicycles, the scheme is proving a triumph and a new pedalling army appears to be taming the city's famously fierce traffic. Bertrand Delanoë, the city's mayor, and his green-minded administration are jubilant at the gusto with which Parisians and visitors have taken to the heavy grey cycles th ...
Topics: bikes, France, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust		09 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust Now for some wheely good news (sorry, it had to be done): officials around the globe are moving forward on innovative eco-transportation schemes. Last week, the city council of Reykjavik, Iceland, enacted a rule that gives free parking to those who drive fuel-efficient vehicles. In Ontario, Cana ...
Topics: bikes, Canada, cars, energy, France, Iceland, innovation, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Running the gauntlet Time to get serious about bikes	biodiversivist	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I participated in another Critical Mass bike ride last Friday and thought I'd share some observations. This was the first time I have seen a patrol car at a gathering, although they didn't seem to know what exactly was going on. They cited one guy for drinking in public. The goofball had an open bottle of red wine. I had to smile as they dragged him off because half of the crowd watching was standing there with beers hidden in riding gloves or drink bottles. Th ...
Topics: bikes, grassroots activism, placemaking (all these topics)

More ways to use our friend the wind's energy Clever video	JMG	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A short video -- proof that ingenuity is alive and well:
Topics: bikes, green living, innovation, placemaking, wind power (all these topics)

Bicycle shame Alan Durning on whether biking is for children and for losers	Alan Durning	26 Jul 2007	Gristmill
You don't have to go farther than Hollywood to see one reason Bicycle Neglect is so rampant in North America. Consider the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The middle-aged protagonist, obsessed with video games and action figures, seems stuck in early adolescence. The film spends two hours lampooning him for being emasculated, immature -- not a real man. His vehicle? A bike. (You can almost hear the schoolyard snickers.) To be a successful adult, apparently, you h ...
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Here's a green Ditty for ya More green musicians	Kate Sheppard	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill
We've gotten tons of emails from people who are all like 'Why didn't my fav band make your '15 Green Musicians and Bands' list, yo?' Most of them are just sorta self-righteous and annoying. But today we got one from the good folks over on Spinner.com that pointed to their own list on the subject, which had some overlap with ours, as well as a few cool additions. Their No. 1 gets extra cool points: The Ditty Bops. As they describe them: To promote their 2006 album ' ...
Topics: bikes, green living, music, placemaking (all these topics)

Luke ... I am your filter ... New bike helmet filters pollutants	Sarah van Schagen	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Speaking of bikes, a new helmet with a decidedly Storm-Trooperish look may soon help cyclists breathe easier, filtering out particulate matter as they ride.
Topics: bikes, green living, innovation (all these topics)

Share and share a bike NYC puts training wheels on new program	Sarah van Schagen	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
New York City is putting training wheels on a new bicycle-sharing program to demonstrate to city-dwellers that two-wheelers can be a viable form of alternative transportation. Sponsored by the Forum for Urban Design, a group of architects, designers, and planners, the five-day trial run has made 20 bikes available for free from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. for 30 minutes at a time. Bicycle-sharing programs are already thriving in European cities like Barcelona, Spain, and Lyo ...
Topics: bikes, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

On the Ball: Quick and dirty edition Well, not that dirty	Sarah K. Burkhalter	09 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I love, love that the Waste World Cup exists. This ESPN chap said it, not me: Bicycles are the new SUV. That's all. (So my cousin came to visit a few weekends ago, and we were discussing those inevitable awkward situations when you're at a social gathering, and you're chatting with someone, and even if it's an enjoyable conversation you just reach that point where the conversation is over, and you both kind of shuffle your feet, and look around the room, ...
Topics: bikes, green living, sports, waste (all these topics)

The catch phrase of the millennium Catchy, catchy!	JMG	03 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Someone -- possibly Bart A., who frequents these haunts -- came up with a magnificent line that ought to be widely repeated and put on T-shirts, bike stickers, etc: 'The Future Has Pedals.' Love it!
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Cooler still Another rad bike	JMG	01 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The coolest, greenest bike ever.
Topics: bikes, green living, tech (all these topics)

Too fricking cool Tubular, dude!	JMG	01 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Nature is still the best engineer -- though good human ones take advantage whenever possible. Here's a terrific, hopeful story about a bike designer who got a dog-gone good idea about making bike frames out of a widely grown, cheap, strong, environmentally sound material: bamboo. Now we just need to get BioD and this guy hooked up:Funny where an idea will take you. Ten years ago, Luna the dog -- part pit bull and part Labrador retriever -- was gnawing on a piece of bamboo ...
Topics: bikes, green living, tech (all these topics)

Yellow Jersey Optional City of Paris to begin bike-sharing program		15 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Yellow Jersey Optional City of Paris to begin bike-sharing program Ah, Paris. The sex tape! The jail time! Wait, wait ... wrong Paris. Ahem. The croissants! The berets! The phallic tower! And now: the free bikes! By mid-July, 10,648 bicycles will show up in 750 stations across The City of Love, allowing riders to pick them up and drop them off at a different destination. By 2008, the city hopes to provide nearly twice ...
Topics: bikes, France, public transportation (all these topics)

Hybrid bike update Dumb and not so dumb questions answered	biodiversivist	13 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Well, here's some more footage of my new bike. I couldn't think of a better way to convey its ability to accelerate uphill than to just do it with normal bikes in the background for comparison. Note the dearth of spandex. Is this fad about to go the way of the powdered wig? The following are some answers to frequently asked questions:Q: How fast can it go? A: I don't know. In theory, my car can do 110 mph, but I will never drive it that fast. It is accelerat ...
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Trying to let go of the weekend	David Roberts	04 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's been sunny, clear, and hot in Seattle. My shoulders are sunburnt! My weekend was capped by two great experiences yesterday. First, I got to test drive BioD's new rig. Wow. You really can't imagine all the new horizons an electric bike opens up until you're on one -- especially an electric bike with enough power to pin your ears back. Then I saw Knocked Up, which I can't recommend highly enough. It manages to be funny without being crass or mean, and touching w ...
Topics: bikes, green living, movies, placemaking (all these topics)

Hybrid bike design optimization Ultimate Seattle hybrid plug-in	biodiversivist	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Well, I spent last weekend building the ultimate electric hybrid bicycle for Seattle riding. My first bike was more or less a prototype that taught me all I needed to know to put this one together.Note how similar this bike looks to the $7,000 bike featured in a recent New York Times article. Similar design parameters usually lead to similar designs. That is why most airliners have two wings, engines mounted on pylons under those wings, and three tail feathers. Ho ...
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

More of what bike-friendly looks like Blue lanes, cage locks, and cyclibraries	Alan Durning	31 May 2007	Gristmill
Separate bikeways are the lead actors in bike-friendly cities, but many supporting actors complete the cast: bikes on transit facilities, good traffic law enforcement, even bike 'lifts' on steep hills. Three more worth mentioning are blue lanes, parking cages, and cyclibraries. Blue lanes. (Photo courtesy of Jayson Antonoff, International Sustainable Solutions.) My youngest son often bikes to drama rehearsals. It's about three miles from our home in Seattle, ...
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking, Portland, Seattle (all these topics)

Pedal parenting My bike and kids	Christine Gardner	24 May 2007	Gristmill
The Bike-To-Work-Week gods had plans for me ... even though I don't actually work. On Mother's Day, May 13, a wheel fell off my stroller. Walking is my main mode of transportation, and I love it. Even with its distance limitations, pushing a stroller felt like a safe alternative to driving and less annoying than taking the bus. My daughters, 18 months and 3, are too old for us to justify buying another stroller and too young to walk the two-mile round ...
Topics: bikes, green living, parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

What "bike friendly" looks like Is your town?	Alan Durning	19 May 2007	Gristmill
What if cities had no sidewalks and everyone walked on the road? Or, for urban recreation, they walked on a few scenic trails? What if the occasional street had a three-foot-wide 'walking lane' painted on the asphalt, between the moving cars and the parked ones? Well, for starters, no one would walk much. A hardy few might brave the streets, but most would stop at 'walk?! in traffic?!' Fortunately, this car-head vision is fiction for most pedestrians, but it's not ...
Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking, Portland, Seattle, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

Bike-to-Work Week The wheels on the bike go round and round ...	Sarah K. Burkhalter	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Happy Bike-to-Work Week! (She said hypocritically, eyeing her bus pass.) If you can't handle the whole week, this Friday, May 18, is Bike-to-Work Day. (She said hypocritically, eyeing her invisible bike.) And FYI, May is Bike-to-Work Month. (She said tardily, eyeing her calendar.) Here are 50 things you can do to celebrate [PDF]. Or just move to Iowa.
Topics: bikes, green living (all these topics)

The best argument yet for extended producer responsibility laws Why we need to make makers take back what they make	JMG	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Here's an actual photo of something some bikers found while doing a bikelane/bikepath cleanup day -- now, who says we don't need extended producer responsibility laws?
Topics: green living, e-waste, bikes (all these topics)

Friday rush hour fun Critical Mass Seattle style	biodiversivist	14 May 2007	Gristmill
I participated in my first Critical Mass ride a few Fridays ago. I thought I'd better post on it and get this photo out of my cell phone. Can you spot the guy with no pants on? There was also a dude with a drum on his handlebars and someone else with a nice sound system on a trailer. I'm guessing that there were about 300 riders. At first, everyone just gathers into a big crowd. Some young bucks (trying to impress the chicks with bike tricks) provided impromptu en ...
Topics: Seattle, green living, bikes, cars (all these topics)

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