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My complicated love affair with a little gray Honda
With car ownership came a nagging suspicion that I was on the wrong side of a Big Issue. My purist environmentalist friends were sure about it: Anyone who gets angry about the wars over oil, they told me, can't have a car and a clean conscience at the same time. I didn't know if it was so simple.
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A talk with Charles Marohn, 'recovering engineer' and cofounder of Strong Towns
We discuss how smart planning can transcend politics and why we should let the Tea Party have what they want.
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Our reporter tries to pick out the red honey of Red Hook in a blind taste test
Does the red honey of Red Hook, made from maraschino cherry syrup, really taste different? We found out.
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Bicycle freight: thinking outside the box truck
Bicycles are already a major piece of the freight puzzle all over the world. Could the practice take off in U.S. cities as well?
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Driving the speed limit, for fun and profit! [VIDEO]
What if you had a chance to win the lottery -- just by driving responsibly?
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Cherry guy will do his part to keep Brooklyn bees from turning red
The owner of a maraschino cherry factory is going to do what he can to keep neighborhood bees out of the sticky-sweet corn syrup they love too much.
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How will cities be shaped by transit in the future?
We constructed four future scenarios of transit in cities, speculating how forces like gas prices and city politics might change the way we move.
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A new study of data from Lyon's bike-share system could help planners
The hugely popular Velo'v bike-share system is providing a source for hard data on bicycling, having to do with travel times and routes.
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Why you love the places you live, in your own words
Last week I put out a question to you, dear readers: Why do you love the place you live? The response from you was immediate and tremendous.
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While climate talks drag on, cities must adapt or die
In cities like Norfolk, Va., rising sea levels are not a hypothesis -- they're an unpleasant reality that has to be dealt with, now.
