From cover of Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure Here are some interesting, and unsurprising, data from a study found via the Infrastructurist : building bike lanes creates twice as many jobs per dollar spent as does fixing roads. It makes sense; like I noted in a post about renovation vs new construction, … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Amazing Event! Congrats to Organizers and Participants! The first annual Youth Bike Summit took place in New York City last weekend, and our friend Robin from Streetfilms was in attendance. It’s truly amazing to see so many young people doing their part for a better city and a more sustainable future. Thanks must also go to Janette Sadik-Khan, NYC’s Department of Transportation Commissioner, for supporting the event. Via
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Photo credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service Just before the tiny Maguire daisy, native to the desert Southwest of the United States , was placed on the endangered species list in 1985, a survey estimated that the population had dropped to just seven plants. Extinction, it seemed, was inevitable. Thanks to continued conservation efforts , the situation today is looking much better—making the da… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Video Credit: Neil Chambers A few month ago, I had the chance to test drive the new B-Class F-Cell hydrogen powered car from Mercedes Benz. The company was providing testing to showcase the design as well as to launch their new leasing program for th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Youtube screen grabs A Pretty Safe Electric Jellybean In the video below, the German auto-club ADAC did its own safety test of the Mitsubishi i MiEV electric car, and the results are pretty positive. While the video is in German, you can see that even after a 40 MPH crash, the passenger cell remains intact, the airbags deploy to protect the crash-test dummies, the high-voltage lines are automatically disconnected to protect first responders, and the structural integrity of the battery pack remained intact…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Exercise, iPods and Michelle Obama Blamed For Increase In Pedestrian Deaths
January 20, 2011 No Comment
Is the increase in pedestrian deaths her fault? Image credit: Department of defence The Governors Highway Safety Association , “The States’ Voice on Highway Safety” has issued a new report, Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State , ( PDF Here ) that is making the rounds on twitter: @Naparstek: …want to make sure that Livable Streets peeps absorb the staggeringly hilarious absurdity http://nprs.tk/dLbW1f” It’s picking up on a
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Photo Credit: Neil Chambers Last Tuesday (Jan 18, 2011), I trekked out to Brooklyn’s famously hip neighborhood Williamsburg for an open house of Loadingdock5 Architecture’s new PassivHaus project . When I got there, I found out the party had been cancelled. To my good fortune, I talked my way into the building – and got a guided tour by one of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Walmart With Michelle Obama there to applaud and promote the effort, Walmart announced a plan this morning to bolster healthy foods by reducing the sugar, sodium and fat content in its packaged foods, lowering fruit and vegetable prices, working with suppliers to lower prices of healthier products, and fighting food deserts around the country…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …When It Comes To Green Building, Where You Are Is As Important As What You Build
January 20, 2011 No Comment
HSBC Headquarters, Prospect Heights, Ill, outside of Chicago, certified LEED Gold. A few years back, Alex Wilson of BuildingGreen started using the term “Transportation Energy Efficiency”, .He defined it as “the amount of energy associated with getting people to and from that building, whether they are commuters, shoppers, vendors, or homeowners.” But Alex was really a cry in the wilderness, while developers kept building green office buildings in the suburbs and people kept bu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Who Else is Disgusted by Phonebook Waste? My phonebook is currently used as a footrest under my desk. “Annually an estimated 650,000 tons of phone books are distributed to America’s 100+ million households. At an EPA estimated national recycling rate of 18%, only 117,000 tons of phone books are recycled each year, many of them on the day that they are received.” For more on the impact of phone books, check out Pablo’s post about it . Via Imgur ( Thanks Chris T.! ), I’m not 100% … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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