Posts Tagged ‘New York’

• Watch: The dangers of only riding in the bike lane in a car-centric world

  Meet Casey Neistat, a male bicyclist in New York, who got fined $50 for not riding in the bike lane by a police officer. Casey tried to convince the officer that many times it was more safe to ride on …

• European cities sign climate change agreement, pledges to go beyond the 20% agreement

  Mayors from 400 cities around Europe have signed the Covenant of Mayors agreement and promised to go beyond EU’s 20% by 2020 energy and climate goals. The whole idea with the Covenant of Mayors pact is to “go beyond” EU’s …

• Is It Easy Being Verde?

  Photo credit: Mossaiq Where you live determines many things about who you are. Whether it is your quality of education, cultural awareness or general health, it’s all about location location location. Being green is no exception. Currently I am visiting …

• Apple Doesn’t Like the Big Apple

  New York has decided to become greener and reduce their emissions by 30% by year 2030. The city has started an environmental campaign called GreeNYC to get the people engaged and active. So far so good. But now the campaign …

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

  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 …

• Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept

  There are currently around 12000 traditional “yellow cabs” in New York today. They are big and gas-guzzling. Now Ford wants to replace them all with their new Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept. The new Ford Transit Connect is smaller and …