Articles tagged “Car-Free Movement”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Heart of Bicycle Maintenance By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Oct 21 2010 A little considered benefit of the bicycle's human scale is its relative simplicity. It's skeletal form is blatantly transparent, hiding little. And in this inherent simplicity a massive bonus. If things go wrong with a basic bicycle, the problem tends to be obvious and in most instances easily remedied. A few plain tools, coupled with a modicum of know-how and you're off and rolling again. + READ MORE

6 Tips to Go Car Free on World Car Free Day By Care2.com IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2010 Today, September 22, is World Carfree Day! Folks all over the world are pledging to ditch their cars and use bikes, transit, and their own two feet to get around. And it's easy to get in on the action! Here are 6 tips to help you leave your car keys behind today (and every day). + READ MORE

Bicycle - The Freedom Machine By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2010 Do you remember receiving your first bicycle as a child? A seminal moment for many of us. It punctuates that time in our lives when we were enveloped by a sense of unbridled freedom. + READ MORE

Romancing The Ride: Cycling is Good for the Heart By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Aug 17 2010 I was late, I was late, for a most important date. A first date, and we were catching up to see a movie by Sydney Harbour. But when I made it to the bus stop, my bus had already left. I could see it blocks away, citybound, without me. I raced up the hill back home and quickly grabbed my bike, hoping to ride to the rail station in time to catch the next train. Yet, as I got there, I saw that too pull away from the platform. What to do? + READ MORE

Eating, Biking, and Being Merry (Even Without A Bike) By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Aug 6 2010 Sometimes cyclists in their eagerness to spread the gospel of biking forget a few of the basics of human nature. We tell people how fantastic cycling is, forgetting that nobody radically changes their lifestyle or ditches their major mode of transportation (the car) simply because their freaky bike-obsessed neighbor says so. Happily, however, if said + READ MORE

The Ups (and Downs) of Cycle Commuting By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Jul 30 2010 For longer than I care to remember I've been a cycle commuter. For short to medium distances I can't think of a better way to travel. I lived on the inner city fringe for roughly 20 years. For half of that time I didn't own a car. I rode everywhere, for everything. To work, to play, to study, to lecture, to shop, to eat. I rode to first dates. I rode to awards ceremonies. I rode to business appointments. Like any activity undertaken on a constant basis, things will eventually go wrong. I have had my fair share of such 'events.' + READ MORE

How a Free Car Made Me Love My Bike By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Jul 29 2010 Since a car-crushing accident in 2006, our family went car-free, first in Gothenburg, Sweden and now Portland, Ore., and I thought I'd never look back. But a gift horse -- free use of a car all summer long -- has turned into a definite bike-life challenge. The Clif 2-Mile Challenge was exactly what we needed to put priority and a little motivation into our transportation choices. + READ MORE

Ten Secrets To Cycling With Traffic By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jul 28 2010 Serious about urban cycling? Planet Green goes beyond the "helmet and lights" and lists ten secrets from experienced riders. + READ MORE

Boulder Says Yes to Bikes, No to Cars on Park(ing) Spaces Day By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jun 14 2010 For one day in Boulder, local businesses adopted parking spaces and turned them into no-cars-allowed, bike- and pedestrian-friendly fun spaces. + READ MORE

Google Maps Added A Bike There Feature! 5 Ways It Could Change America By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Mar 11 2010 City cyclists rejoice. After several years of prodding by bicycle and alternative transportation enthusiasts, Google has launched a new feature in their map directions - a bike there feature. + READ MORE

9 Hip Housing Alternatives to the Mortgaged Single Family Home By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 3 2009 When you look at the posts on housing in Planet Green and TreeHugger, the great majority are about things you can do to your house. But a single family house is not the only form of tenure that there is, and probably isn't the greenest. What are some of the others? + READ MORE

Know Your Car Alternatives? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport Aug 20 2009 Whether you've been riding your bike for years or you're ready for a change, learn all there is to know about jazzing up your daily commute. Take our quiz: Know Your Car Alternatives? + READ MORE

You Can Totally Live Without a Car! By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport May 15 2009 Getting rid of your car is one of the biggest changes you could make in your life to reduce your environmental footprint (and possibly save money and become healthier). Even if you don't get rid of it completely, there are many things you could do to reduce the number of miles you drive in a year dramatically. Here are various tips to get there. For more information on each, just follow the links! + READ MORE

Cycling Tip of the Week: Avoid Obstacles by Looking Past Them By Andy Posner IN Tech & Transport May 14 2009 From here on out, we'll be featuring a weekly tip aimed at making cycling safer and more fun for you.To practice, find a parking lot or other safe place and practice approaching a cone, pothole or patch of debris, noticing it, and then looking at the line you need to avoid it. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Walk Score By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors May 1 2009 Walk Score is a term and a popular website. The website "helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking." + READ MORE

5 Tips for your First Time on a Skateboard By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Apr 15 2009 When it comes to human-powered transportation, you can't beat a skateboard for cool points. The first time you try careening around on a board, keep these tips in mind to help you ride solid and avoid unnecessary wipeouts. + READ MORE

8 Walking Tips By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 20 2009 Moving in a bipedal fashion is one of the ways we can replace our carbon footprint with our actual footprint. Using those strange, foot-adorned sticks that we call legs as an all-natural method of transportation is a green way of getting to point B from point A. + READ MORE

Prevent Bike-Related Scrotal Damage By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Feb 6 2009 Gadding about town on a bicycle is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. People who commute by bike tend to be healthier. For men, however, bicycles do have a slight health risk. Researchers have found that men who are avid mountain bikers run the risk of scrotal damage. + READ MORE

6 Essential Train Travel Tips By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 29 2009 Traveling by train is one of the most eco-friendly ways to travel. The train doesn't put as much pollution into the atmosphere as a plane, and for relatively short distances, Bakersfield to Sacramento for example, the time it takes to travel by train is comparable to any other form of transportation. Are you psyched to take the train? Here are some tips. + READ MORE

Give Your Neighbor a Push By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 24 2008 People are bound to get stuck in snowdrifts this winter. Their cars will become high-centered, their wheels will spin impotently on the icy roads, curses will be muttered, improvised implements will be utilized and tow trucks will be called. We have the to power to alleviate this type of suffering, simply by pulling over, turning off our cars and using our manpower (or womanpower) to help push the car free. + READ MORE