The Social Life of CitiBike Stations
Bike share stations are…natural conversation-starters, attract a stream of diverse users at all times of day & night, and act as casual landmarks that concentrate activity.
Transportation
The Peak Oil Crisis: So, Why is Gasoline So Cheap?
There are many zigs and zags, twists and turns, and unintended consequences along the path to higher priced and scarce oil.
Oil headlines
•Light tight oil does not diminish the importance of Middle East supply, IEA says in latest World Energy Outlook •IEA warns of future oil supply crunch •Oil crumps: Libya, Iraq ‘pay the price for chaotic Western intervention’ •North Dakota’s Salty Fracked Wells Drink More Water to Keep Oil Flowing •Alabama Oil-Train Derailment Raises Questions About Crude Shipment Safety
Energy transitions – headlines
•Swedish pension funds urged to dump fossil fuel holdings •Romantic Germany risks economic decline as green dream spoils •German Energy Storage Plan Could Trigger New Market Boom •Buying Local Solar Makes Florida City a World Leader •Constituency voices: realising the potential of community energy [Report]California’s Unusual Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Transport trends and transitions – headlines
•Why is cycling so popular in the Netherlands? •VIDEO: Set Sail for Greener Maritime Cargo Shipping •Rolls-Royce Revives Age of Sail to Beat Fuel-Cost Surge: Freight •Why aren’t young people getting drivers’ licenses? Too much hassle! •Let’s All Stop Obsessing About the ‘Next Great Thing’ in Urban Transportation •South Korean road wirelessly recharges OLEV buses
Man Bites EV: Will EV Bite Back?
Electric Vehicles, Pro or Con? Decide, Dammit!
Quebec oil train explosion – headlines
•40 still missing in deadly Canada oil train crash •Quebec Disaster Spurs Rail-Versus-Pipelines Debate on Oil •Canadian train explosion rekindles oil pipeline versus train debate •Oil shipments by rail have increased 28,000 per cent since 2009 •Deadly Quebec Oil Train Disaster and Athabasca River Spill On Same Day as Tar Sands Healing Walk
Transportation Readings for American Conservatives – How did we get in such a Mess?
The best place to start is with the development of the railroad industry, where misguided progressivism, corruption and statist mentalities almost totally destroyed what should be considered a crown jewel of the American free enterprise system.
Climate Question: Do We Get to Keep Flying?
An analysis of jet fuel alternatives that could be viable in the next decade.
Making change happen – June 6
•Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill •The Death and Life of Chicago •’The Power of Just Doing Stuff •’Where will all the traffic go?
World car production grows 3 times faster than global oil supplies
In the last 10 years the world’s annual car production went up from 41 million to 63 million cars in 2012, or 52%… in the same period, global liquid supplies went up only 16%, an obvious mismatch.
Streetfacts #4: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam
The percentage of children walking and bicycling to school has plummeted from almost 50 percent in 1969 to about 13 percent today.