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How Electric Bikes Provide Sustainable Transportation Solutions

For a long time, people simply weren’t ready to give up the comfort of their car on their daily commutes. But with the rising popularity of electric bikes, things are changing, and fast. Cities around the US are investing in infrastructure that will encourage a new generation of cyclists – a welcome change, considering that […]

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Environmental and Health Reasons to Start Riding Your Bicycle More

Riding your bicycle, or cycling, has countless benefits. These can range from personal, to economic, to social, to environmental and more. Cycling is a good form of exercise. It is also a simple, eco-friendly transportation option. Due to cycling’s many benefits, more people in the world own bicycles than cars. In addition, the number of people […]

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Green Alternatives To Getting Around Town Without Driving Your Own Vehicle

If you want a greener way of getting around your town, you have more choice than ever these days. Some ways of being a greener wanderer are obvious, but some may not be so obvious to you. We’ll give you some ideas about how you can get around town with a smaller carbon footprint. You […]

Bike Sharing: Green Transportation Option to Get You Around Town

When it comes to getting around town with ease, not all cities have the most environmentally-friendly options. Fortunately, more and more cities are beginning to support the use of green transportation. Providing public transportation is key, of course, as is the use of electric and hybrid vehicles. One of our favorite types of green transportation […]

Learn How to Drive Greener in 4 Easy Steps

While going out and buying a hybrid or electric vehicle may seem to be the best way to start driving greener, it’s not necessarily the smartest, nor is it the most feasible. In some instances, it could be more harmful to the environment to trade in your car than just keep it and learn how to drive […]

Green Modes of Transportation in Today’s World

In this day and age, finding green modes of transportation is not always a simple task. Due to the extreme dependency we seem to have on oil and other non-renewable sources of energy and fuel, green can at times seem hard to come by. That is…unless you know where to look. To make it easy, here are […]

Could JPods Be the Future of Transportation?

When most people think about future forms of transportation, flying cars (like in the Jetsons or Back to the Future) are probably the first thing that comes to mind.  While it would be great to have a car with flying capabilities, this is not necessary the direction future transportation is heading. Elon Musk recently criticized […]

CicLAvia and WalkLAvia: Healthy Transportation Taking Over the City

If you have ever driven through downtown Los Angeles, whether in rush hour traffic or not, you are probably well aware of the horrible gridlock that regularly turns city streets into virtual parking lots. You may also be aware of the stifling pollution that rises above the streets and hovers like a blanket covering the […]

10 Money-Saving Transportation Tips

According to reports, the average American travels in their vehicle an estimated 37 miles each and every day. That is over 13,000 miles per person, per year, which is double the amount we drove 30 odd years ago. Needless to say, such transportation habits can and are having a negative impact on the environment, the […]

How Four Moms Have Shaped the Future of GM and the Malibu Eco

Most people have a certain vehicle in mind, or at least an idea of what they are looking for, before they go car shopping. In fact, many people already have the make and model picked out before they even step foot on the lot. But who is to say that particular vehicle is going to […]