AltWeeklies Wire
Cyclists Hope to Make New Haven a Model Bike Citynew
Is City Hall along for the ride?
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-04-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Washington's Flexcar Bill Out of Gasnew
The car-share tax exemption known as House Bill 2880, which supposedly had a lot of bipartisan support, is dead in Olympia, and prices are likely to go up.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
03-03-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Jeez, Can We Just Embrace the Electric Car Already?new
Electric cars look goofy, detractors say. They're not economically viable yet, others cry. And, oh yeah, they're about as souped up as your granddad's golf cart. Could this all be about to change?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
02-26-2008 |
Transportation
Theodore Kheel Wants to Make NYC's Mass Transit Freenew
A crazy idea? Yes. A good one? Maybe.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
02-21-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Derailing L.A.new
Damien Goodmon wants to halt the L.A.'s light rail project in its current form and place the line underground. Along the way, he's aligned himself with remnants of some of the same ugly forces that have impeded mass transit since racism and fear stopped the Red Line subway in the 1980s.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz and Alan Mittelstaedt |
02-15-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The East Bay's Buses From Hellnew
After AC Transit purchased costly foreign buses that drivers hate and many riders fear, its service and finances took a wrong turn.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-23-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Share and Share a Bikenew
The Bicycle Coalition is trying to bring a bike share to Philly. Not everyone's on board.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Tremble |
01-22-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The Auto Industry's Green Horizonsnew
If this year's big North American International Auto Show had to be summed up in just one word, that word might be schizophrenic. But that doesn't quite get it. If the auto doctor practiced psychiatry, chances are good he'd diagnose this patient as having multiple personality disorder.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
01-22-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
L.A.'s Transit Crisisnew
How hard should it be for politicians to ask Angelenos to pay for a world-class transportation system?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
01-18-2008 |
Transportation
Blind Spot of Justice?new
Prosecutors decline to charge driver who killed cyclist.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
01-17-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Who Said Building a Railroad Was Easy?new
This could be the make-or-break year for California's proposed high-speed rail system.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
01-09-2008 |
Transportation
Prius, Schmiusnew
Hybrids and diamond lanes may be soothing our conscience, but they're not easing the transportation crisis. Will long-term solutions like mass transit ever get a real chance in our car-addicted culture?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
12-13-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Kansas City's Uneasy Ridersnew
To be a bicyclist in the city is to face fear, loathing -- and death.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
11-14-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Turns Out Portland's Not So Bike-Friendlynew
But here's how it could be.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-31-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
AltWheels: Not Here to Destroy Americanew
With bikes, solar power, hybrid cars, community living plans and free compact fluorescent light bulbs, Boston's fifth annual AltWheels Festival radiated an unfocused chaos.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
10-03-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
