It’s funny how transparent cars are in today’s cityscapes. They’re a given and just blend into our field of vision. But what if every car on our streets disappeared? What would those streets look like? How could we use them.
Read More »
We are forever on the lookout for great ‘edited’ transportation options. Bikes, walking and public transport are the ostensible ideal modes of transit, but for many they lack the protection, carrying capacity and range to make them feasible daily transport. Conversely,.
Read More »
The world’s roads are littered with people driving the same way–people leaving when you’re leaving, from where you’re leaving, going to where you’re going (or, if not exactly same locale, at least getting on and off somewhere along points on the way). But.
Read More »
According to the US Census Bureau, 76% of all American workers drive to work….alone. Even though there are so many single-occupant drivers on our roads, most of the cars we drive weigh two tons, carry five + people and can haul a.
Read More »
Whether you’re aware of it or not, most homes–or to be more precise, “dwelling units”–require parking. Meeting these requirements is not a big deal in low density suburbs with their copious amounts of space for driveways and garages. But it’s a big issue.
Read More »
There are approximately 105,000,000 parking spaces in the United States–five for every car. At least half of all available parking spaces are vacant 40% of the time. That’s a lot of unused space dedicated to something that, while still in wide.
Read More »
A recent report by the American Public Transportation Association found that public transit use in 2013 was the highest its been since 1956; 10.7 billion trips to be precise. They also reported that “public transit ridership is up 37.2 percent, outpacing.
Read More »
We tend to get a little zealous about the merits of biking, walking and public transportation (level of zeal in that order). But until further notice, cars have a prominent place in the transportation landscape. And though car-shares make sense.
Read More »
Unless you’ve lived somewhere a while and have kept assiduous records, figuring out the financial and environmental transportation costs of a particular location can be difficult. An organization and website called Abogo is trying to make that difficult calculation a little.
Read More »
Last week, Google Ventures invested $258M in the car service Uber raising the company’s value to $3.5B. If you don’t know Uber, you probably will soon. While the company’s bread and butter is an app that allows on-demand black car reservations.
Read More »