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San Francisco saves gas by making better parking spaces cost more
In San Francisco, a parking place costs more the more people want to use it. This might sound like common sense, but it’s actually a radical experiment in keeping people from circling endlessly, looking for a spot and wasting gas. Since 2010, the pricing for 7,000 metered spaces in the city has changed in real […]
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Street food boom towns: Three West Coast case studies
They may never catch up to Portland, but neighboring cities Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., are making strides to put food carts front and center.
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Up a creek: A run-down urban neighborhood finds life in a dead stream
In one of the tougher corners of San Diego, a group of committed residents and activists has set out to restore a long-forgotten waterway -- and in the process, give the community a much-needed shot in the arm.
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In New York City, stealing a bike is easy
If a bike gets stolen in the middle of New York City, does it make it a sound? With his own bike, a bunch of doomed locks, and a variety of tools, Casey Neistat (who you may remember from this video) proves that nope, it basically doesn’t. The film above is a 2005 version of […]
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Watch mildly offensive national stereotypes promote biking
The Dutch are not always bastions of political correctness (cough cough blackface Christmas). So it’s kind of a relief that when they chose three national stereotypes to feature in this mid-1980s pro-bike campaign, they went with the proper English lady, the American cowboy, and the horndog Italian. Coulda been worse.
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This train can launch you into space
Getting into space via shuttle is difficult and expensive. So why not take a train? Startram is a magnetic levitation train that could — theoretically — launch people into orbit for a fraction of the cost.
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Giving cities a bad name: The most craptastic urban rebranding efforts ever
Cities are always trying to shine up their images both within and without, yet these efforts seem destined for failure. We asked you to help us find the biggest branding bombs in the land, and man did you deliver.
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The world’s most badass bike anthem
No matter what kind of tough customer you are, you will probably love this profane and catchy paean to biking.
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Out spokin’: LGBT bike group rides with pride
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cyclists find camaraderie -- and sometimes love -- in a Chicago biking club that is open to all comers.
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Rust Belt chic: Can gritty, beaten down cities find their inner cool?
Half of urban renewal relies on changing a blighted city’s image. So why are city rebranding campaigns such notorious failures?
