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Erasing hate speech from public spaces [VIDEO]
One 66-year-old German woman has made it her mission to remove and obliterate neo-Nazi, homophobic, and racist graffiti. Watch "The Hate Destroyer" in action.
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The Bike Factor: Disability and the ability to ride a bicycle
For many people with disabilities, cars don't just symbolize independence and freedom, they make them possible. But this isn't universally true
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Bikes — and rollerbladers — beat plane in Carmageddon race
What happens when L.A. is debilitated by repairs on a 10-mile stretch of freeway? Some people hop on a 35-mile plane ride to bypass it. And others get on their bikes and make it there in half the time.
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Greening a city … and pushing other colors out
A development plan in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood exposes the challenges of making communities sustainable without destroying their social fabric.
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Play chutes and ladders on public transportation
The designers of this "Transit Accelerator" in the Dutch city of Utrecht have the right idea about making public transportation fun: turn it into a board game, or recess. What other inspiration can public transit take from childhood? Personally I'd like to see merry-go-round train cars where you ride on My Little Ponies.
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Building better cities so people can have better lives
Some very smart people got together for a Ford Foundation forum on "The Just City." What did they say?
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JetBlue offers $4 L.A.-to-L.A. flights for Carmageddon
Los Angeles is quaking in fear of "Carmageddon" this weekend, when 10 miles of heavily-populated Route 405 will be shut down. But never fear, Angelenos ... you won't have to spend even a single weekend not pumping out tons of carbon! JetBlue will let you fly from Burbank (just north of L.A.) to Long Beach (just south of L.A.) for only $4.
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More density equals less driving: just an urban legend?
The National Household Transportation Survey suggests that only the steepest increases in density lead to reduced car usage.
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Fight climate change by following the speed limit
Bay Area drivers could get a friendly push from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to fight climate change through "smart driving." This means: going easy on fuel consumption by avoiding sudden acceleration, keeping their tires inflated, ditching the golf clubs in the truck, keeping their cars tuned up, and most of all, following the goddamn speed limit.
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Spanish city lets you trade in your car for a lifetime pass on public transit
The Spanish city of Murcia offered its residents a lifetime of free trolley rides if they would only give up their cars.
