Transport choices & congestion (video)

Pollution & energy consequences of our commuting choices are well documented, but something that's often ignored is how much road space we occupy.

If you walk, ride a bicycle or use public transport, you occupy a tiny fraction of the road space occupied by a single occupant motor vehicle.  How small a fraction?  Recently, in Canberra, Australia, 69 people, 69 bicycles, a bus & 60 cars got together to illustrate the differences.

This is how it looks:


Photo credit: Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF)

More at:

http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/566/9/

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Slide out keyboard for iPhone 5 • BoxWave announces the Keyboard Buddy

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/09/17/boxwave-announces-the-keyboard-buddy-for-iphone-5/

Also available for the iPhone 4/4S, including versions with vertical orientation or backlit keyboard:

http://www.boxwave.com/apple-iphone-4s-accessories/bwdd/zptc

Photo credit: BoxWave, The Gadgeteer
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"The economy wasn't growing prior to the industrial revolution ... growth ... it's  not a normal & natural thing.  We live on a finite planet & we're just going to have to learn to create a steady state economy that exist within the bounds of Earth's limits." • Richard Heinberg, 2012

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-17/peak-oil-and-the-threat-to-growth/4266638

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Nations can join to protect melting Arctic

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/highleyman-nations-can-join-to-protect-melting-arctic-1.4011780

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Pedal-powered plane wins novel flight race (video)

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/09/pedal-powered-plane-flight-race.html?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2012-1709-GLOBAL%7Cpedalpowered&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=pedalpowered

Photo credit: amphalon, Flickr
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