Japan’s CO2 emissions per GDP are among the lowest of industrial countries at .24kg CO2/US$ (IAEA) Hybrid car sales amount to well under a million cars a year, or less than 1% of world demand. J.P. Morgan analysts forecast that hybrids will reach 13% of global automobile sales in 2020. (Fortune Magazine, Special Advertising Section [...]
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Top 10 Bike Friendly Cities Around The World
July 4th, 2009 
Eric Wilson Travel and Leisure magazine recently released a top ten list of bike friendly cities (in no particular order). Several American cities, including Minneapolis, Minnesota, made the list. Both Portland (discussed here in a recent series) and Seattle were also recognized. Only two cities in the Southern hemisphere, Bogotá, Columbia and Perth, Australia were among the [...]
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Tags: Bicycles, Bike Sharing, Minnesota, Portland-Oregon, Travel and Leisure 
No Comments »American Cities Hope to Entice Pedestrians with Carless Districts
June 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Following the recent trend of cities such as Vauban, outside of Freiburg, Germany, New York City has been decreasing automobile traffic in midtown Manhattan. With the goal of making Times Square (and surrounding areas such as Herald Square) more pedestrian friendly, vehicular traffic has been permanently suspended on Broadway, which cuts across Times Square. On [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Carless Cities, Cars, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments »May is Bike to Work Month
May 18th, 2009 Eric Wilson While Bike to Work Week (May 11th-15th) and Bike to Work Day (May 15th) took place last week, this is an important event to recognize. Beginning in 1956, it was originally organized by the League of American Bicyclists. Traditionally taking place on the third Friday of May, Bike to Work Day (BTWD) has since expanded [...]
