Category Archives: Commuting
Bicycle Desk – Options for 4 Currier
Here’s a new look for the office, a seamless way to integrate a favorite form of transport into our lifestyles. This versatile desk serves double duty as a safe, dry place to store your bike and a place to rest upon … Continue reading
Replace On-street Parking with Bike Racks!?
Portland, Oregon did just that…the City removed 2 parallel on-street parking spaces and replaced them with racks that serve about 20 bikes.
Economic benefits of smart growth & transportation choices
Nearly 1/3 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US come from transportaton sector, making it the nation’s largest end-use source of emissions . Transportation GHG emissions are a result of 3 drivers – vehicle fuel efficiency, fuel emissions & how … Continue reading
Almost Car-Free Community
Colin Smith from Resource Systems Group and the co-chair of the Lebanon Master Plan Transportation subcommittee sent around this very interesting article from yesterday’s NYT about an (almost) car free residential development in Germany. How about trying a similar experiment here … Continue reading
Bicycles in Paris
Check out the great black and white photographs of Paris by Siobhan Mlacak. Her bicycle images are fabulous.
Transportation Vision for Lebanon
Transportation Vision for My City By Frank Gould There is a fair city named Lebanon whose by-ways have long known congestion let’s make positive change across the whole range from bike-ped to car to ten ton. Let’s plan what is … Continue reading
Sharrows coming soon to Hanover
Sharrows are coming soon to Lebanon Street in Hanover. A number of shared lane arrows will be painted on the street in front of Hanover High School to more clearly define the bicycle route. How cool is that. More information will … Continue reading
Hanover Bus Stop Study presented to Town Officials
Carolyn Radish of ORW and Lucy Gibson of Smart Mobility presented the draft bus stop study to the Hanover Selectboard and Planning Board at their respective meetings this week. It was very well received by both boards. There seemed to be real enthusiasm … Continue reading
How we drive
Traffic by Tom Vanderbuilt is a great read about why we drive the way we do. Here’s the link to his blog