transportation

Now That's a Motorcycle

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:51:22 -0500

Have you noticed how ugly motorcycles are becoming, what with all the grotesquely overgrown choppers and ridiculous-looking crotch rockets? It's time for a design intervention--and Carefully Considered is here to help.

Are Wireless Road Trains the Cure for Traffic Congestion?

Addy Dugdale — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:30:18 -0500

The concept of road trains--up to eight vehicles zooming down the road together--has long been considered a faster, safer, and greener way of traveling long distances by car. And now, thanks to a European Union-financed project, the idea could be coming to a freeway near you (that is, if you live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean).

The Future Of The Automotive Industry: Segway’s CFO Brian Cohen Shares His Views

Greg Selker — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:05:59 -0400

Segway is known for its zero emmision personal transport vehicle seen in shopping malls, airports and many city streets. However, their recent agreement with GM has them entering the next generation electric car marketplace and attempting to dramatically alter the paradigm of transportation in the process. Our most recent Leadership Interview is with Brian Cohen, Segway’s Chief Financial Officer. Brian has over 20 years of high-tech financial leadership in rapidly growing early stage and publicly traded companies.

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Can the U.S. Become the EV Battery Leader?

Chris Dannen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:53:47 -0400

Many of our most promising electric cars have parts--or entire assemblies--being built in China. But when it comes to the most important (and most expensive) component, EV companies may turn to American manufacturers.
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Honda Unveils Segway-Unicycle Mash Up With U3-X Personal Mobility Device

Clay Dillow — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:46:26 -0400

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The Transformation of Transportation

Seth Kahan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:05:56 -0400

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Daimler AG Brings Car2go Car-sharing Service Stateside

Kate Rockwood — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Jerome Guillen
Director of Business Innovation
Daimler AG
Stuttgart, Germany

Jerome Guillen, 37, has used Daimler's Smart brand to launch Car2go, a car-sharing service. Its program pilot, in Ulm, Germany, has attracted nearly 10% of the city's driving population; its first U.S. initiative begins later this year, in Austin.
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How Cycling Centers Could Help Smooth Commuter Transitions

Kate Rockwood — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Andréa White-Kjoss
CEO
Mobis Transportation/Bikestation

Andréa White-Kjoss, 35, modeled her full-service cycling centers on a similar idea already popular in Japan and Europe. More than a dozen bike stations have opened in such places as Palo Alto and Berkeley, California; Seattle; and, most recently, Washington, D.C.
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ZoomPool: A Social Network for Carbon-Conscious Carpoolers

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:47:50 -0400

Up to 85% of all car rides are made alone: The next time you're on the road, forget your gas mileage for a second, and just imagine how many people driving right by you are actually going to the same place. In our carbon-conscious times, that's insanity.
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Wearable Carbon Credit Meter Keeps Track of Your Emissions

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:29:49 -0400

Most of us have only a vague idea of our daily carbon emissions; we know that riding the train to work is better than driving, but not by how much. Industrial designer Nick Hunter wants to change that with his wearable carbon credit meter, which gives wearers a monthly allowance of carbon credits to use on transportation.
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Clipper Windpower Could Overcome the Turbine Transportation Quandary with On-Site Production Plant

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:54:40 -0400

By far the most dangerous part of the wind turbine installation process is transportation. Moving 50-yard turbine blade from factories to farms backs up traffic, cuts up roads, and makes accidents deadly. The solution might be a simple one: manufacture turbines on-site. That's what Clipper Windpower, a turbine manufacturer working on a 5,000 megawatt wind farm in South Dakota, might do with its massive project.
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Bike-Sharing: Cycling to a City Near You

Abha Bhattarai — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:26:22 -0400

The road to bike-sharing is paved with broken locks.

Rampant theft and stolen parts have plagued bike-sharing programs since the first one debuted in Amsterdam in the 1960s. But that hasn't stopped cities from trying: Paris' initiative--among the world's most advanced programs--has been mired by theft and vandalism. More than half of the initial fleet of 15,000 custom-made bicycles in Paris have gone missing, and many more have been defaced and destroyed.
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Kawasaki Develops Night Vision Helmet Mount for Its Flagship Motorcycle

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:07:13 -0400

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Mercedes Benz's Latest Bike Folds Two Ways

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:27:51 -0400

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Bus Stops of the Future: Are They Realistic?

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:10:17 -0400

Bus stations are generally information-poor, displaying little more than the time of the next bus arrival. But MIT's SENSEable City Lab envisions a richer bus station experience that could, according to MIT's Carlo Ratti, "change the whole experience of urban travel."
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Four Wooden Bicycles That Will Grow on You

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:38:35 -0400

Maybe it's the craze for sustainable products, or just retro-hipsterism gone amok. But whatever the reason, wooden bikes are gaining in popularity. They're not rickety, jury-rigged jobs either. They're super-sleek, statement pieces. Here are a few examples.
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Art Center Students Design the School Bus of the Future

Alissa Walker — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:03:26 -0400

Public transit vehicle design has grown in leaps and bounds; consider the accordion-like articulations and sleek streamline curves of one city's rapid bus. But what about the millions of kids getting shuttled to and from school in this country every day? Their lumbering yellow school bus hasn't been given a once-over since someone thought to add seatbelts back in the 1980s.
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Fabulist Ray Kurzweil Tackles Transportation Problem with Nanobots

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:27:58 -0400

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Is $2.4 Billion For Obama's Electric Cars Plan Enough?

Kit Eaton — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:21:43 -0400

During a visit to the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in California yesterday, President Obama addressed how the $2.4 billion outlined in the stimulus fund to get more electric vehicles on the road is going to be spent. Will his idea actually work?

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NYPD Blue Goes Green with Hybrid Cars

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:36:57 -0500

The next time you get arrested in New York City, you might find yourself in a brand new NYPD hybrid vehicle. The police department is getting ready to deploy 40 Nissan Altima hybrids in the next two weeks.
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Who’s Got the Winning Idea?

Terry Tamminen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:03:59 -0400

As we scramble for solutions to climate, energy, and environmental problems, companies, governments, and individuals are taking action - - so does anyone have a monopoly on great ideas for true “sustainability” or “social responsibility”?

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Six Bikes That Are Better Than Your Car

Chris Dannen — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:20:21 -0400

Trek Top Fuel 69er

Best for: Cross country trail riding. While the 69er is dual suspension -- both wheels can absorb impacts using air-sprung shock absorbers -- it’s built lightweight with an aggressive rider position, allowing it to climb efficiently and absorb fast descents with equal aptitude.

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Bikes for the Masses: An Experiment in Sustainable Transportation

Fast Company staff — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:47:14 -0400

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I Can't Drive 55

Fast Company staff — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:37:17 -0500

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