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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change. Advertising info Legal disclaimer Accessibility Privacy policy Terms & Conditions Help. Tags: evdriven. The reason is that western governments are not much interested bicycles.

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Cyclists head the wrong way

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Cyclists will be allowed to ride the wrong way up a number of one way streets as part of a series of measures designed to encourage more people to leave the car at home and hop on a bike instead. If this pilot is successful then councils across the country could be offered the opportunity to use similar measures on their roads.&#.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. interesting design. E-mail Martin.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.