Transport - United Diversity

Josef's Journey to John O'Groats

Since this journey has ended up being a major milestone in the development of United Diversity I though I had better re-post this write up I did for the Brake The Cycle blog here too. Enjoy! Last month I cycled about 1200 miles, from the south-easternmost tip of mainland England

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California’s P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0

Carsharing just took a step forward on June 3rd in California when AB1871 passed the Assembly with zero opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate and could become law before the year is out. We talked about the potential for this bill to accelerate the already fast growing [https:

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Bike-frastructure 101: Sharrows, Street Parking, Superhighways and More

[https://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010404.html] Increasing the number of bikes on the road is becoming a serious goal for forward-thinking leaders. As Elisabeth Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/world/europe/10bike.html?pagewanted=all], there will soon be

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Transport in Transition. A Guest Piece by Peter Lipman.

Transformation Moment: low carbon travel. How, and how far, will we travel if we make the changes we need to in order to thrive in a carbon constrained society? For a range of interlocking reasons, the conclusion of this paper is that we will be happier, healthier and more resilient

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iZip Electric Bikes

[https://www.topelectricbikes.co.uk/IZIP-Street-Enlightened-Electric-Bike-(-Delivery-Date-to-TBA-)/535.htm] iZip Street EnlightenedSaw one of these in our local bike shop [https://newfarmbikes.com.au/]when we were in there picking up a new tube. It’s an iZip Street Enlightened – looks like a normal fast hybrid but the aero down

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Car, bus or bike?

I just came across this nice photo that shows the space required to transport the same number of passengers by car, bus and bike On a similar note, the other night Top Gear ran a TV race to cross London by bike, boat, tube and car [https://www.bbc.co.