Green Commuting

Women Cyclists: 5 States Where Women Barely Dare to Bike Commute

treehugger.com | April Streeter | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green


Dedicated bike commuting is grew about 38% in the last eight years. But if women are truly the indicator species for a successful bike infrastructure,...

No, Seriously: Republicans Don't Get It

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green


Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Investment in bike paths will not only improve our economy, and take our country in the right direction for the future; it is exactly the kind of investment the American people want.

Los Angeles Auto Show - It's a wrap!

Steve Parker | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...

California Sets Incentives For Cities To Green Transportation

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday that attempts to ease greenhouse gas emissions by giving priority to ...

Danish Happiness...Does It All Come Down To A Green Commute?

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Once again, the Danes come out on top in the 2008 World Values Survey's happiness statistics. How is it that this chilly, windy nation of five-and-a-h...

Bikes Help L.A. Commuters Get Around Gas Prices

Los Angeles Times | Leslie Earnest | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green


High gasoline prices are fueling bicycle sales, and on some days Michael Hall's blood pressure. At least three times a week, Hall pedals to his job i...

Horsing Around

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living


Jerry Zezima

"You can get a good horse -- not a 2008 model, but reliable -- for $2,000 to $3,000." I was even more enthusiastic when he told me that it costs only $150 a month to feed. "I spend about $80 a week on gas," I said.

Recumbent Bicycles High on Comfort, Gawkers

LATimes.com | Janet Cromley | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green


WE'RE careening down a residential street in Long Beach's California Heights, stretched out like Olympic lugers, eye-level with a Labrador retriever r...

Electric Cars Pre-Date Civil War

mental_floss | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business


Talk about an old idea. The first electric cars hit the scene way back in the early 1830s, 30 years before the Civil War (for the record, they're also...

Spend Less Than $1 Per Gallon

The Daily Green | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green


The average price of gasoline in the United States topped $4 a gallon over the weekend for the first time in history, and Goldman Sachs predicted the ...