Sharing Your Bike: A New Trend in Alternative Transportation?

Remember the days when you were a kid and you were taught about “sharing” things with others? Well, it seems that now that concept is coming back to modern day times with the idea of bike-sharing. According to a recent article by Time, cyclists are being born everywhere:
In the mid-1990s, when public bike-sharing [...]

Trash-Talking About Fuel: Making BioFuel out of Trash

It’s no secret that General Motors Corp. is planning on making biofuel out of everyday garbage that you and I throw out. According to one article, General Motors Corp (GM), has entered into a partnership with Illinois-based Coskata Inc. which has developed a way to make ethanol from almost any renewable source, including but [...]

Alternative Transportation May Be the Doctor’s Orders!

According to a recent article published in the Environmental News Network (ENN), the combination of high gas prices as well as other miscellaneous car payments may actually be affecting people’s health. The article talks about how one California couple was used to spending upwards of $600 a month on gasoline and nearly 50 hours [...]

Rising Golf Cart Injuries Prove that Electric Vehicles can be Just as Dangerous…

The high gas prices have really had an impact on what people drive these days. As it turns out, golf carts are no longer limited to golf courses. Rather, increasing numbers of people are putting golf carts to use for various things; and with the increasing use of golf carts for things [...]

How Today’s Garbage Might Be Tomorrow’s Gasoline

According to a recent article published by the International Herald Tribune, the city of Goteborg, Sweden is one of many cities throughout the country that is using sewage waste and transforming it into biogas to be used by thousands of cars, buses and other vehicles.
How Does it Work?
According to the article, biogas is actually the [...]

Ideas for Alternative Transportation: Making It Better for Everyone

If you live in a city like New York, then chances are you don’t really have any major issues with getting around. After all, you’ve got the metro system right at your fingertips. It seems like most of the train stations are either within walking distance or are a short taxi cab ride [...]

Why Electric Cars are Better Than Gas-Powered Ones

There’s a nasty rumor going around that electric vehicles aren’t as good as gas-powered vehicles; and, admittedly, I fell victim to it too. However, on an episode of the popular show Mythbusters, they put this rumor to the test. The guys on Mythbusters decided to put gas and electric models of compact cars, [...]

Time to Gear Up on Your 10-Speed

With the ever-increasing gas prices, more people are actually digging their 10-speeds out of the shed. It should be no surprise that the high gas prices are causing bike sales to go up. This great news if you own a bicycle repair shop or if you sell bicycles in general. For instance, [...]