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San Francisco transportation agency wants to put brakes on automobiles
The executive director of the city's transportation agency said, "Like in the FDA's food pyramid, too many cars are not good for you."
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One Dallas neighborhood revives its streets with some DIY energy
The Better Block project in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas aims to bring life to streets that had been left for dead. And people around the country are starting to take notice.
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Walmart goes urban: be careful what we wish for?
Walmart plans to expand into urban markets with smaller stores that carry fresh food. Is this a good thing?
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Green Party candidate's mother calls for tougher laws on hit-and-run
The mother of Natasha Pettigrew, the Green Party candidate for Senate in Maryland who was killed by the driver of an SUV while riding her bike earlier this week, is mourning the loss of her daughter. Pettigrew's mother, Kenniss Henry, is also worrying that the driver of the SUV will get off easy.
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Getting past "ruin porn" in Detroit [VIDEO]
A series of short films shows Detroit not as a shell of the past, but as an incubator of the future.
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It's World Car-Free Day, and that makes some people nervous
World Car-Free Day is today, Sept. 22. It's a relatively modest affair. So why is one right-wing think tank so threatened by it?
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American Lung Association study shows that smart growth could save lives
If doctors designed communities, says the American Lung Association in California, there would be a lot less sprawl and a lot fewer people driving cars.
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Washington, D.C., launches the nation's largest bike share program
Capital Bikeshare is the largest such program in the United States to date. Maybe someday, it'll be as popular as the ones in Europe. Hey, we can hope.
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If we want kids walking to school, grown-ups have to get a move on
Recent research suggests that the simple act of walking to school can reduce children's stress levels and improve their lifetime cardiovascular health. So why don't more parents do something to make it possible?
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Women on bikes take to the streets of New York City [VIDEO]
In this new Streetfilms video, some of New York's freshly minted women bikers explain why traveling on two wheels is so liberating. And so damn fun.
