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 [...]

We’ve Heard of Electric Cars, but Electric Bikes too?!

If there’s one positive thing that the gas crisis/craze has done to Americans, that’s been sparking our creativity. Most people have heard of electric cars and may even be driving one now since they’ve become more popular. However, another growing trend is the electric bicycle. Let’s take a look at it in [...]

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 [...]

Air Powered Cars? What Else Will They Think of?

There is no limit to the imaginations of auto makers it seems. In keeping with the idea of hybrid technology, French engineer Guy Negre has apparently been working on the concept of an air-powered vehicle for over a decade now. India’s main car manufacturer, Tata Motors, has agreed to work with Negre on [...]

People are Still Getting Hit by Cars?

According to a recent article published in the Los Angeles Times, a 78-year-old man was “tossed like a rag doll” in a hit-and-run on a busy street in Hartford, Connecticut. The entire scene was caught on a streetlight surveillance camera, and what’s even more shocking is the fact that after the vehicle struck [...]

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 [...]

Deterrent or Distraction? Are Stoplights and Stop Signs a Danger to Drivers?

Whether you have a driver’s license or not, we all know the importance of safety when it comes to driving on the roadways. This is one of the many reasons that we have so many driving deterrents around such as stop signs, stop lights, yield signs, etc.. The main function of these things is [...]

Is it Really Dead?

Ever since the Ford F-150 was knocked off of its pedestal as being the best-selling vehicle in the United States, increasing numbers of people are beginning to turn to other small cars and non-SUV vehicles as their main source of transportation. Still, others are forfeiting their family road trips, opting instead for auto transport [...]

Are Hybrid SUVs in Trouble Too?

Are people so scared of SUVs now that they really won’t go near them? While the SUV has been diagnosed with what seems to be some sort of terminal disease, the hybrid versions of SUVs aren’t totally out of the woodworks either. Sales haven’t been exactly “taking off” with SUVs overall. [...]

Motorcyclists Protest High Gas Prices

And you thought we had it bad over here in the United States! According to a recent article published in BBC News, hundreds of motorcyclists were seen protesting against high fuel prices just outside of Manchester. The number of motorcycles on the roadways actually ended up backing traffic up significantly for a while.
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