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The sign of a civilized country

July 22, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Tonight I was at a fundraiser for my heartthrob organization, Transportation Alternatives, where I heard the former mayor of Bogota, Columbia, Enrique Penalosa speak. According to the Project for Public Spaces: While mayor, Peñalosa was responsible for numerous radical improvements to the city and its citizens. He promoted a city model giving priority to children and public […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Society Tagged With: Enrique Penalosa, highways, sidewalks, transportation, transportation alternatives, transportation policy, walking

A great visit with NY State Senator Klein–thanks to you

October 15, 2008 by Colin Beavan

If you’ve been reading the blog you’ll remember that I had a near death experience with a black Mercedes Benz on my bike. The driver said some angry swear words at me, and then I discovered he was a New York state senator. Poor guy. I called him to task for it on the blog […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Environment, No Impact Man, Society Tagged With: biking, Senator Jeff Klein, Transportation Alterntives, transportation policy, walking

Do cars make us fat?

October 3, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Click on the above image to enlarge it. Look at the graphs. The red line shows the rates of obesity for various countries. The green line shows the percentage of trips made by walking, cycling and public transit (as opposed to cars). What you can see is that the less the citizens of a country […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, global warming, obesity, public transit, transportation systems, walking

If you’d like to ditch the car but worry about emergencies

August 29, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Suppose you’d like to commit to leaving your car in the driveway or getting rid of it altogether and instead making your commute by foot, bike, carpool or public transit. You want to save the money, skip the traffic jams, get the exercise, cause fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and have less stress. It’s just that […]

Filed Under: Career and Work Life, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, carpooling, climate change, commuting, global warming, greenhouse gas, public transit, walking

How to live a $4 a gallon lifestyle in the coming $5 a gallon world

June 18, 2008 by Colin Beavan

First, a bit of business. I wanted to let those of you who subscribe to the blog by email or RSS reader know that we have a very active and interesting commenting community. You may want to come have a look, either to leave comments of your own or simply to read the informative comments […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, How To, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, carbon emissions, carpooling, commuting, driving, four-day work week, gas prices, greenhouse gas, mass transit, ride sharing, walking

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