r. carey gersten » Adventure http://www.rcareygersten.com active consulting participant in adventure + communication + ecohumanitarian + technology projects Sat, 22 May 2010 17:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 THE PARABLE OF THE ELECTRIC BIKE http://www.rcareygersten.com/the-parable-of-the-electric-bike/ http://www.rcareygersten.com/the-parable-of-the-electric-bike/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:09:52 +0000 Carey http://www.rcareygersten.com/?p=1167 Series By Alan During | Sightline Daily | March 15-19, 2010

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Imagine an electric bike. Zipping through the city. Surging up hills without gasping for breath. Riding in business dress and arriving fresh and dry. Healthy, moderate exercise. No traffic jams. Free parking. Huge load-hauling potential. Near-free fueling. Zero emissions. Breeze in your face. Appealing! So, why haven’t they caught on? In this five-part series, Alan Durning looks at the future of electric bikes in the Northwest.

Read on: http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/series/the-parable-of-the-electric-bike

]]> http://www.rcareygersten.com/the-parable-of-the-electric-bike/feed/ 0 Walking, biking good for you and the planet: Study http://www.rcareygersten.com/walking-biking-good-for-you-and-the-planet-study/ http://www.rcareygersten.com/walking-biking-good-for-you-and-the-planet-study/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:56:02 +0000 Carey http://www.rcareygersten.com/?p=745 By Margaret Munro, Canwest News ServiceNovember 25, 2009

Photograph by: File, CNS

Photograph by: File, CNS

Pedestrians and cyclists should be made king of the urban jungle, according to an international study showing the big benefits of “mass active travel.”

It suggests money should be diverted way from roads to make walking and cycling “the most direct, convenient, and pleasant options for most urban trips.” Pedestrians and bikers should also get “priority” over cars and trucks at intersections.



Read on: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Walking+biking+good+planet+Study/2263982/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF229+%28Vancouver+Sun+-+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

]]> http://www.rcareygersten.com/walking-biking-good-for-you-and-the-planet-study/feed/ 0 Where not to cycle! http://www.rcareygersten.com/where-not-to-cycle/ http://www.rcareygersten.com/where-not-to-cycle/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:29:40 +0000 Carey http://www.rcareygersten.com/?p=103 Fewer Cars, More Traffic Fatalities

Nearly half of the 1.2 million people killed in traffic accidents around the world each year are not in cars. They are on motorcycles and bicycles or walking along roadsides.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/15/AR2009061501544.html?wprss=rss_health

]]> http://www.rcareygersten.com/where-not-to-cycle/feed/ 0 Cyclic Upturn: Bike boost would give Eugene big economic stimulus by Alan Pittman http://www.rcareygersten.com/cyclic-upturn-bike-boost-would-give-eugene-big-economic-stimulus-by-alan-pittman/ http://www.rcareygersten.com/cyclic-upturn-bike-boost-would-give-eugene-big-economic-stimulus-by-alan-pittman/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:47:12 +0000 Carey http://www.rcareygersten.com/?p=97 If Eugene increased biking to just half the rate in Amsterdam, the city would enjoy more than $212 million a year in local economic stimulus, an analysis of traffic cost data shows.

http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/06/04/coverstory.html

]]> http://www.rcareygersten.com/cyclic-upturn-bike-boost-would-give-eugene-big-economic-stimulus-by-alan-pittman/feed/ 0 How sweet it is… The economics of beekeeping in Oakland http://www.rcareygersten.com/how-sweet-it-is-the-economics-of-beekeeping-in-oakland/ http://www.rcareygersten.com/how-sweet-it-is-the-economics-of-beekeeping-in-oakland/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:16:16 +0000 Carey http://www.rcareygersten.com/?p=94 Khaled Almaghafi’s red pickup truck, parked along Telegraph Avenue, was attracting bees. Where they came from was unclear — nearby there was only the California Highway Patrol offices, a funeral home and the concrete monolith of highway 980, none of which were harboring bees. Yet the insects had arrived, possibly attracted to the tall, slender Almaghafi himself. He is, after all, a honey man and a beekeeper.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/06/02/moneytales060209.DTL

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