Monthly Archives: December 2011
Design & Innovation
Isometric Bike Drawing
A French collaborative bike mechanics workshop, called “Velorution Ile de France) has created a high-quality isometric biked drawing. The image above is only a portion of what is available.
The image is [...]
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The Environmental Impact of Cars and Trains
Vehicles impact the environment in numerous ways from their production, use and disposal. Below are some of the ways vehicles harm us and our environment.
Production
Manufacturing vehicles is harmful to the environment. The average U.S. vehicle (in 2007) required 1129 gallons of gasoline to produce. That’s equivalent to two years worth of gas bought by [...]
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Bicycle Portraits
When we started the project, ’Bicycle Portraits’ aimed to be a study of South African commuter culture, and we wanted to find out who rides bicycles, why they ride bicycles, if and why they love their bicycles, and of course why so few South Africans choose bicycles as a transport option. But ’Bicycle Portraits’ has [...]
Carfree Arts
BIKE ART: Bicycles in Art Around the World
The bicycle is one of the most popular means of transportation around the world. It gives us the possibility to be as free as we want to be. We use it for transportation, sports, and fun. The equipment can vary from cheap to expensive, from athletic to comfortable; for each need you can find a [...]
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Community Gardens Near Cycling and Pedestrian Routes: Complementary Community Amenities
Leslie St. community allotment gardens in light industrial area by Toronto’s Waterfront bike-pedestrian path beside entrance to Leslie St. Spit. Gardens in existence over past 15 years. 2011. Photo by J. Chong
Community gardens can satisfy more than just their gardeners’ nurturing instincts for food and Nature. They add instant visual beauty [...]
