by Greg Shapiro | Feb 6, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
You’re driving a car. You come to a stop. You accelerate only to come to a stop again. Stop-and-go is a normal part of driving. But did you know that every time you step on the brakes, you release toxic chemicals into the air? When the brake pads squeeze your...
by Greg Shapiro | Jan 11, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
One European bicycle culture consulting firm, Copenhagenize Consulting, released there results for a study exploring the world’s most bicycle friendly cities. By no coincidence, this index is named after the world capital for bicycle culture, Copenhagen. The...
by Greg Shapiro | Jan 4, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
In America, a street built for pedestrians is still a growing idea. However, in Europe this idea is a normal part of life. Pedestrian streets have been a part of European culture for hundreds, even thousands of years, despite changes in how people transport...
by Greg Shapiro | Jan 3, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
Copenhagen is a place where people ride in bicycle lanes without helmets, ride fast, all while they have two kids on board and bags of groceries. Congestion of bicycle lanes is a common problem; and probably one of the best problems a city can have. This city...
by Greg Shapiro | Dec 29, 2011 | Environment, Green Driving
Mayor Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC initiative launched in early October of 2007, and since then people have been “digging” it. Now, at the end of 2011, the campaign is a little more than half way to reaching it’s goal of one million trees. The...