bicycle
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A study looking at 12 U.S. cities has found that the cities that are the safest for bicyclists are the safest for everybody, including drivers.
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Why some cities should kick out cars, but others can't and won't
U.S. visitors to European cities, especially capitals like Paris and Rome and Madrid and London, often remark how different they are from those in the U.S. Many of their historic cores, dating back far before automobiles existed, remain intact—and for much of the 20th century, they coexisted...
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UPS to deliver packages in Florida via electric bikes
If you're the type of person that stays at home listening for the UPS truck to arrive as you wait for a delivery, we have bad news for you: that just got a lot more difficult. UPS has launched its first silent electric delivery trike along Las Olas Boulevard and the surrounding neighborhoods of...
Mark Stevenson -
Why electric bikes may deserve purchase incentives too
If plug-in electric cars and trucks receive purchase incentives from national and state governments, what about electric bicycles? That's just what a recent report from the European Cyclists Federation suggests. It recommends directing purchase incentives and infrastructure subsidies towards...
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Electric cars vs bicycles: which has a higher carbon footprint?
Electric cars are simply nicer and calmer to drive than conventional cars, and as their prices fall, that may be what will lure mass-market buyers over time. But they have undeniable benefit of lowering wells-to-wheels carbon emissions per mile driven, and they can also be powered entirely on...
John Voelcker -
Faradion Electric Bike: Prototype Powered By Sodium-Ion Batteries
A British company unveils an electric bicycle to demonstrate its new battery chemistry.
Stephen Edelstein -
SolaRoad says results from six months of operating its prototype bike path are encouraging.
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Portland Car2Go Car-Sharing Fleet To Get Bike Racks
Would you be more likely to use car-sharing if you could bring your bike along? For Portlanders, that will soon be a real possibility, as 250 vehicles in its Car2Go fleet will get bike racks. Portland was one of the first U.S. cities with significant car-sharing fleets; and it was one of the first...
Bengt Halvorson -
Riding Peugeot's Hybrid Bicycles: Electric Two-Wheelers Tested
Auto writing can be quite a sedentary pursuit. You spend much of the day sat immobile at a desk. When you aren't doing that, you're sitting in a car. Or on a plane. Sometimes, you're sat at a table in a fancy restaurant being plied with food and drink, watching your gut grow. It was nice then, on a...
Antony Ingram -
Will NYC's CitiBike Shared Bicycles Get Add-On Electric Power?
ShareRoller is a removable friction-drive motor that could help energize morning commutes.
Stephen Edelstein -
Spanish Electric Bicycle Has Custom Cruiser Look
It's telling that some of the most exciting transport designs these days can be found in one of the fastest-growing sectors: electric bicycles. We've covered several electric bicycles on Green Car Reports in the past and the vast majority are veritable works of art--whether retro-inspired or...
Antony Ingram -
All-In-One Wheel For E-Bicycles: Battery Two-Wheelers To Swamp Electric Cars?
When debating the merits of electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and other alternative fuels, it's easy to get tied down in the notion they're the solution to all our transport problems. They aren't of course--they're just a solution. Improvements to public transit, encouraging people to walk a little...
Antony Ingram -
It shouldn't come as a surprise to discover that there are more bicycles around than there are cars. They're vastly cheaper for a start, and require no pesky tax, parking fees or indeed, fuel. As far as methods of transport go, they're second only to walking for inexpense. More newsworthy is that the electrically-assisted bicycle, or e-bike, is starting to take its own healthy slice of the market--particularly in Europe. Navigant Research reports figures from the European Cycling Federation on both car and bicycle sales figures from 2011. The former figure is around 13 million, the latter...
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Want To Boost Gas Mileage? Remove That Bike Rack, Says Consumer Reports
If you're one of the millions of Americans preparing for your summer vacation, you might also be readying the family's bicycles for some exercise while you're away. Chances are, this involves some kind of roof-mounted bicycle rack for your car. And this can have a dramatic effect on your gas...
Antony Ingram -
Cyclist Vs Self-Important, Entitled, Angry Supercar Driver (Video)
Owners of supercars often seem to feel a sense of entitlement. So we had to chuckle at the outrage expressed by the videographer who posted a clip of a Lamborghini Aventador momentarily forced to slow down on a narrow London street as a cyclist pulls out. You'll note that the driver of the...
John Voelcker -
Flying Electric Bicycle Debuts In Prague, Will NYC Ban These Too?
New Yorker? Own an electric bicycle? You're probably pretty angry right now, since the city has just banned the use of electric bikes on its streets. Which would be fine, had you not just bought one, still entirely legally, from a shop. It's okay though, we have a solution--turn it into a flying...
Antony Ingram -
NYC Bans Electric Bikes (Again), Launches Bike Sharing System
About a month ago, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a bill that banned electric bikes from the city's streets. (Like all bikes, they're also banned from sidewalks--not that every rider seems to know that.) And as a Navigant Research blog post points out, e-bikes were already illegal...
John Voelcker -
Electric Two-Wheelers Run Rampant In China, Outrun Regulations
China might be one of the biggest car markets on the planet, but for makers of electric and hybrid vehicles, it's a tough one to crack. The same cannot be said for electric bicycles, though. The country's love of bicycles is well-publicized, but the market penetration of electric bikes still...
Antony Ingram -
Got some money to burn and in need of a hobby? Perhaps some sort of adventure sport, but nothing too crazy--off-road bikes, perhaps? Not just any off-road bike though. It has to be electric, for a start. What about one of Outrider's electric recumbent bikes? Yes indeed--there is now such a thing as an electric recubment bike for adventure sports. And you'll certainly require that money to burn, with prices starting at $7,995 and working their way up from there. So what do you get for your hard-earned? Actually quite a lot--even on the "basic" model priced above. That one is known as the 311...
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Is This The World's Most Beautiful Electric Bicycle?
A complaint we hear a lot about electric vehicles is that they're simply not beautiful enough. We can't think of a good reason that few seem capable of making electric transport look good, though in fairness the same can be said for many internal combustion vehicles too. Lack of beauty is not a...
Antony Ingram -
GM Takes Heat For 'Stop Pedaling, Start Driving' College Ads
To promote its college discount, GM recently ran ads advising students to 'stop pedaling and start driving,' which raised the ire of the League of American Bicyclists.
Kurt Ernst -
Always Stay In The Bike Lane, Even When You Can't: Video
Cops ticket a Manhattan bicyclist, but #fail to do the same for all the hurdles he captures in a YouTube viral video.
Kurt Ernst -
Bicycles, Not Sports Cars: The New, Greener Mid-Life Crisis?
Could the high-end bicycle replace the sports-car as a symbol of the mid-life crisis?
Bengt Halvorson