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  • Need a new bike?

    In honor of bike to work month, one lucky Grist fan is going to get a $500 gift certificate to a bike shop in their area.

    Grist staff Transportation

  • The Yike Bike could make bike commuters of us all

    You undoubtedly know someone who would totally commute by bike if it weren't for a whole raft of concerns: It's too dangerous! They're too cumbersome! I don't want to get sweaty on the way to the office! It is now time for those people to shut it. The YikeBike folds to the size of a […]

    Jess Zimmerman Transportation

  • No bike lane? Make your own!

    "Safety First" is a video art installation in Prague, not an actual solution to the lack of bike lanes. We don't recommend projecting a custom bike lane off the front of your ride — or, I mean, go ahead, but that doesn't really make that staircase/train track/highway into a protected lane. But it's still cool […]

    Jess Zimmerman Transportation

  • Get ready for solar airplanes

    There’s nothing that exciting about a plane that uses no fuel and emits no CO2 — I’ve been folding those since the fourth grade. A plane that uses no fuel, emits no CO2, has the same wingspan as an Airbus A340, and can transport people on international flights, though: That’s a big deal. And that’s […]

    Jess Zimmerman Cities

  • Air pollution hurts motorists more than cyclists

    If the thought of sucking down bus exhaust has you hesitating to take up that bicycle commute, you're in luck: It turns out you're better off on two wheels than four, even if it means breathing more particulate matter. That's the finding of a study conducted in the Netherlands, comparing the lung function of car […]

    Christopher Mims Transportation

  • Freewheeling: Bicycling and the art of being broke

    This is the seventh column in a series focusing on the economics of bicycling. More and more of us have less and less money these days. Fortunately, there are a lot of things you don’t need money to do, and bicycling is one of them. When you’re broke, a bicycle can help a lot. Financially, […]

    Elly Blue Transportation

  • Watch a train run over a market (Everyone’s fine! They do this every day!)

    Talk about dense living! At the Maeklong vegetable market in Thailand, retail and transportation are closely connected — like, really closely. The vendors lay out their wares so close to the train tracks that when the train comes through, it's literally sitting on top of the produce. Everyone just sort of puts up their awnings […]

    Jess Zimmerman Cities

  • Never too old to bike to work [VIDEO]

    So, Friday is Bike to Work Day. And if you are one of those people who comes up with endless excuses about why you can’t get your ass onto a bicycle and use it to go somewhere, you need to meet Lucette Gilbert, the latest star in Streetfilms‘ series on New Yorkers who ride. Gilbert […]

    Sarah Goodyear Transportation

  • Project Aura bike lighting system puts wheel reflectors to shame

    Project Aura is the brainchild of two Carnegie Mellon students, who challenged themselves to make a bike lighting system that would make night riding more secure. Currently, most bike lights focus on the front and back of the bike, and are all but invisible from the side; with Project Aura's wheel-mounted LEDs, bikes are unmissable […]

    Jess Zimmerman Transportation

  • LAPD takes electric bikes for a spin

    The Los Angeles Police Department bicycle coordination unit is running a pilot program that put officers on electric bikes. They're pretty schmancy bikes, too. They can go up to 20 mph, top speed for typical cyclist. The manufacturer donated the bikes to the police department, but they retail for $3,499. The program began because LAPD […]

    Sarah Laskow Transportation