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n his latest book, In Motion: The Experience of Travel, Tony Hiss poses a provocative challenge: Can we rethink the value we put on all the accumulated years of our lives we spend in transit, all the “wasted” time spent in-between the places we live and work and visit? As he did in his ground-breaking [...]
In January, our 1995 Toyota Camry ended up in a scrap-it program. The salvage company that took the car is located in a wasteland of trashed automobiles, trucks and buses on the banks of the Fraser River in Surrey, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. On the way home, our taxi driver said that many [...]
Each year more than a million vehicles that have been taken off the road are being dealt with illegally. In a report by Clean Green Cars in November last year, it was revealed that more than half of cars taken off of the road may not have been de-polluted and recycled in accordance with European [...]
I rather let the announcement of the removal of the M4 bus lane pass without comment during the busy period, but with work commencing on painting over the lines, it seems a good moment to revisit the topic. Because while the M4 bus lane was never a remotely important feature of the national or local [...]
While Paris and London hog the world’s media attention with Boris’ Bikes and the Velib, by some accounts the Chinese city of Hangzhou now boasts the world’s largest and most used public shared bicycle system. Rory McMullan, contributing editor, reports on his impressions of the city, its transport network and the public bike system from [...]
Last Friday in Porto Alegre, a driver mowned down cyclists during a critical mass. Please check below the news report from BBC. Carbusters wishes the quickest recovery to everyone injured in this incident. Feel free to post your comments.
“Brazilian police have been questioning a man accused of driving his car at high speed through a [...]
This year has been another fantastic year for bike-sharing around the world. In my most unscientific calculation I have counted there to be about 238 bike-sharing services around the world, up from about 160 last year, for a 49% increase. On top of this, there are another 53 services that are in planning stages and [...]
When talking about parking as traffic demand management, I often quote the example of the Tate Modern in London. Their site tells you how to get to the museum by boat, underground, bus, train, bike, taxi and car (in that order). And this is what it says about getting there by car: “There are no [...]
Bike commuting is a lifestyle that many would like to explore, but aren’t sure where to begin. Bike commuting in the suburbs is very different from bike commuting in the city, so knowing the tricks of the trade are essential for cycling in the community in which you live. There’s a lot to know when [...]
Egyptian and other Arab people’s calls for more political freedom highlight the vulnerability of the oil economy. Jan Lundberg, independent oil industry analyst, argues that such unrest could even herald its collapse. And that means we should think about alternatives now.
Gasoline prices have been rising this winter in the U.S., even though we [...]
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