Posted January 31st, 2006
Remember this glorious ode to the M7 freeway and unfettered suburbia by SMH’s resident caraholic Michael Duffy?
Norwest doesn’t have a railway line. But it does have its own access to the M7, and the M2 is nearby. Vanessa Collits, who lives in the Norwest residential estate, Bella Vista Waters, says: “It’s close to everything. I […]
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Posted January 30th, 2006
Treehugger has the details and links.
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Posted January 30th, 2006
The Daily Telegraph.
Colin Liddle, who manages Woolys Wheels in Paddington, said the price of petrol was one of several reasons for booming sales. “Higher petrol prices, in conjunction with poor public transport and terrible parking and costs, encourage people not only to ride bicycles but also to ride motorcycles,” he said.
Costs? I think Colin is […]
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Posted January 30th, 2006
I was very interested to read this report in BusinessWeek Online.
It’s difficult to think of an industry where most companies aren’t trying to do more business via the Internet. So why is Standard Process, a 200-plus-employee company with operations in the Wisconsin farmlands between Milwaukee and Madison, fighting to prevent its products from being sold […]
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Posted January 29th, 2006
Pedaller, asks the question.
So, my estimate is that there are probably about 215,100 people who own bikes and use them. Given that club members probably own several bikes, the estimate of the number of bikes in Sydney would be about 235,100. Even if each of these people got a new bike every year, that only […]
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Posted January 28th, 2006
Via City Noise in Toronto.
From the photographer at the scene:
Motorist throws food out of window. courier, disliking littering, picks up food and throws food back in car. motorist dumps coffee on courier. courier scratches car with key. road rage ensues.
This is and interesting and instructive event, with lots of blame to go around. Things are […]
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Posted January 28th, 2006
Transport experts have seen the future, and it’s got pedals.
The right to travel when and where we please will be eroded over the next 50 years as the shortage of cheap oil and environmental concerns force us to lead more local lives, according to a government report.
This kind if scenario is enough to give NSW’s […]
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Posted January 27th, 2006
Daily Peloton.
A French court in Bonneville, convicted Lithuanian Cyclist Raimondas Rumsas on doping charges and gave both suspended four month prison sentences.
How’s your mother in law?
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Posted January 27th, 2006
Australia choking on bad air.
Australia broadly compared well with other, mainly developing, countries in its region, but its outdoor air quality was relatively poor.
Out of the 133 countries surveyed, Australia was ranked 94th for air quality. This put it well below New Zealand, most of Europe, the United Kingdom, and just three places above the […]
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Posted January 26th, 2006
Bike Refugee in Toronto has an interesting post on the energy power of apple juice.
(The nutritional ‘calorie’ actually equals 1000 real calories. Genius system.) This happens to be equivalent to the energy in 1 litre of apple juice (about 4 cups). I want a single unit of energy to use for comparing my daily activities, […]
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