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• Extreme Bike Surfing

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  And you thought bike commuting was dangerous? Hah! Mere child’s play. (Pics and videos) More bike surfing videos follow.Climbers have ropes, street lugers wear body armour, and surfers fall into generally shock absorbing water (reefs and rocks not withstanding). Even bike stunt impresario Danny MacAskill, wears a ...
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• Will Marins Departure Kill LV Passenger Rail?

  
  Lehigh Valley Ramblings — Authority: 483
  Rumor has it that Paul Marin once wowed his house guests by donning a matadors costume. But in many ways, he has been very much like those flamboyant showmen, considered both artists and athletes, who are willing to face the bull alone. Marin has faced some LV bulls. He was willing to answer some tough questions ...
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• The Bloodhound Supersonic Car Capable of Reaching 1,000 mph

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Bloodhound SSCBritish engineers have started building what they hope will be the world’s fastest car – capable of reaching 1,000mph.  The Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic car) will be powered by a jet engine from Eurofighter Typhoon being positioned above a hybrid rocket. This combination should produce 135,000 ...
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• Globe Trotting Man Visits Every Country on Earth

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  All Over The Planet In Seven Years! 55-year-old Indian citizen Kashi Samaddar has completed an almost-seven year trip around the world. He has visited all 194 countries in the world, thereby setting a world record.He spent £350,000 to visit every country on earth in the shortest time possible and thereby earnt ...
  1 day ago

• Five businesses that will help you live carfree

  
  phoenix rail - lightrailblogger — Authority: 406
  Grocery shopping, picking up dry cleaning and any errands that normally require a car can be especially tricky when you’re carfree in Phoenix . Alternative transportation like the light rail , a bike or even a Zipcar (car sharing program) can get you around, however I’m curbing my use of the latter ...
  2 days ago

• Green group questions economic sense of hydrogen buses

  
  Stephen Rees's blog — Authority: 123
  It was a while ago now that I questioned the hydrogen bus plan for Whistler ,  in fact May 1, 2007. That post attracted a comment from someone using the pen name “Astrolounge” who is obviously an insider, since (s)he revealed that the “plan” was even worse than I imagined. Over two years later and long ...
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• Glimpsing a Greener Future: Computer Model Foresees Effects of Alternative Transportation Fuels

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 436
  Image by PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Flickr It’s the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor. Look into Shane Stephens-Romero’s crystal ball — a computer model called STREET — and find ...
  3 days ago

• MotorGeek Green: Riding The Northstar

  
  The Journey — Authority: 122
  The Northstar locomotive resting at Big Lake. Photo by Randy Stern The test of a transportation mode is how it would serve the public. The “how” in this case is to find a way to bridge a growing part of a metropolitan area with their top weekday workplace destination. When I previewed the Northstar commuter ...
  4 days ago

• Audi Autonomous TTS – Driverless Sports Car

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Audi Autonomous TTSAudi is working hard on a car that doesn’t require the driver to anything except sit there and watch the scenery go by. It’s called the “Autonomous Audi TTS,” not the catchiest of names, and it’s “intended to explore the best capabilities of current and future driver assistance ...
  6 days ago

• All-Electric Peugout BB1 is Part Scooter, Part Car

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 743
  Although the Peugout BB1’s styling may be some of the funkiest design work we’ve seen, it’s causing quiet a stir in the Electric Vehicle world, and for good reason. The BB1 is part scooter , part car, and features two in-wheel electric motors and a solar panel equipped roof . ...
  1 week ago

• CenPho cycle chic

  
  phoenix rail - lightrailblogger — Authority: 406
  Function in sportswear helps people excel during recreational activities.  Swimmers wear speedos to reduce the amount of drag in excess material on a pair of trunks.  Football players wear a cleated sole for traction on the gridiron. Then there are bicyclists who wear helmets to protect their heads and in some cases ...
  1 week ago

• Crazy Camera Van

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Captured on filmObsessed with cameras much?  While you can probably deny it, the owner of this vehicle – the Camera Van – can’t.  Literally decked in thousands of cameras, it’s what the Google Street View cars would have looked like if their designers had some panache.  Or were clinically insane.  Either ...
  1 week ago

• Tom Wright’s Street-Legal Bumper Cars

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Don’t go bumping these cars!Here’s an interesting up-cycling story about some boy toys that have found legal ground and even more fun from a bumped up perspective.“Bumper cars were crazy fun when I was a kid. Even as an adult today, they still look immensely entertaining and I’d probably be on one every ...
  1 week ago

• High Voltage Line Robot

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Go Go Gadget High Voltage Robot!Fiddling with high-voltage power lines is certainly a dangerous job, especially for humans. With that in mind, a Tokyo-based company, HiBot, is working with western Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co. to test a new robot next year that can inspect several power cables at once, and ...
  1 week ago

• Vans Shoes With R. Crumb Artwork

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Counter Culture Icon Fritz the Cat now available on VansVans slip-ons have been a popular and fashionable shoe option for many years now. In recent years, Vans has made shoes featuring designs from pioneering underground artists we really dig like Robt. Williams and Rick Griffin. We were thrilled to find out that ...
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• Bicycle Trailers: Who Needs A Car?

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  Sure, you love riding your bicycle, but when you need to lug something heavy across town, that little basket on our handle bars is not going to help much.  So, rather than reaching for your car keys, why not get yourself a bicycle trailer to help you carry your groceries or whatever else you need to transport, and ...
  1 week ago

• Cycling for Clinic employees

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 436
  The Earth Day Coalition highlighted the Cleveland Clinics efforts to encourage bicycle commuting .
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• MotorGeek Green: All Aboard The Northstar!

  
  The Journey — Authority: 122
  Photo courtesy of Metro Transit The train is almost here! This Saturday kicks off a celebration unseen in the Twin Cities since the opening of the Hiawatha light rail line. The opening of the Northstar commuter rail line will now connect downtown Minneapolis with commuters from Anoka County and beyond. The terminus ...
  1 week ago

• Get Rid Of Your Gross Gas Lawn Mower… Get A Goat Instead!

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Make a goat happy. Let ‘em eat your lawn!Forget gas-guzzlin’, smoke-belchin’ lawnmowers. The eco-friendly way to mow grass and get rid of unwanted vegetation is to … rent some goats!The city of Andover, Massachusetts has some unwanted guests: invasive species like the European buckthorn tree and the strangling ...
  1 week ago

• Study Finds Hybrid Cars Hit More Pedestrians and Bikers Than Regular Cars

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Honda Hybrid hits pedestriansHybrid vehicles, which creep along almost silently at low speeds on electric power, are more likely to hit pedestrians or bicycles than regular cars, a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds. The report  is sure to give a boost to the movement to require ...
  1 week ago

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