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Electric car sharing program in the Italian city of Milan.

The cars that, hopefully won’t, eat Paris

29 October, 2011

One initiative that was recently taken up in Paris is something I will be following with great interest. Building on the success of bike sharing schemes near public transport hubs, they are copying the same idea, but this time with … Continue reading

Going Green: How Tomorrow’s Cars Will Be Kinder to the Environment

3 September, 2009

Photo credit: lammersch The car industry is currently undergoing a green revolution, with a number of exciting new technologies vying to challenge the predominance of petrol and diesel and put an end to the internal combustion engine’s negative effects on … Continue reading

50 cars or one bus?

4 May, 2009

The Swedish company Flygbussarna (shortly translated to The Flight Busses), who offers bus services to and from all the major airports in Sweden, has made this very cool advertisement installation next to a highway in Sweden. The installation is made … Continue reading

How to Save Cash While Saving the Environment

22 April, 2009

Photo credit: Hamed Saber Even if you drive a petrol-engined car rather than a hybrid vehicle, you can still do your bit for the environment by using less fuel, a practice that will save you cash at the same time. … Continue reading

“There is no need to spend a penny of public money on greening the motor industry”

16 October, 2008

photo credit: Nrbelex George Monbiot says that the motor industry has long sabotaged eco-innovations and that they are now demanding billions to cut its carbon emissions. The green subsidy for car makers, Monbiot says, is just a disguised corporate bail-out. … Continue reading

Positive changes in light of increased gas prices in the USA

30 May, 2008

Imagine for a second that oil prices in the USA today were at the same levels as those in Europe, and have been from the start. And yes. That means gasoline for $8 per gallon. How would the world look … Continue reading

Lady Liberty dismisses Mr. Car Fetish and marries Mr. Transit

25 March, 2008

At the car-fetishes altar of happiness, the NY International Auto Show at the Javits Center, this year experienced a rather special protest from the people behind StreetFilms. Thousands of people flocked to the NY International Auto Show at the Javits … Continue reading

Los Angeles – a car lover’s paradise?

12 January, 2008

Did you know that about 25% of the entire size of Los Angeles is made up of roads, parking places and other areas designed for cars? Also check out this picture, taken by the Press-Office City of Münster (Germany). It … Continue reading

Which is the best option? The cars, the bus or the bicycles?

A Picture is Worth…

27 November, 2007

This picture is an old one, but it’s more than worth a re-run. The picture, taken by the Press-Office City of Münster in Germany, demonstrates the amount of space required to transport the same number of passengers by car, bus … Continue reading

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