New Oil

The Counterflow Bus Lanes of San Juan
   (Grieve-Smith on Transportation)
Case of Case-Shiller dishes by Mary Newsom (The Naked City)
Ready for the Reconstructions (Cap'n Transit Rides Again)
Urban highways: tearing down the legacy of Robert Moses by Anna Letitia Mumford (fifty car pileup)
Ghosts in the Ocean by Bill DiBenedetto (Triple Pundit)

Burning Fires

Los Angeles Plans for New Downtown Connector by Yonah Freemark (theTransportPolitic)
To Catch a Train by Robert Cruickshank (California High Speed Rail Blog)
(Transit Miami)

Burning Fires

Citizens's Energy (organization site)
Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Developing 120 MW Wind Farm by Megan Treacy (EcoGeek)
HUD and DOT Announce Joint Sustainable Communities Initiative by Yonah Freemark (the TransportPolitic)
Home-Heating Mirrors by Hank Green (EcoGeek)

Burning Fires

Vertical Wind Turbines Put New Spin on Advertising by Triple Pundit (MatteR Network)
BBC Covers Peak Oil: A Farm for the Future by Chris Vernon (The Oil Drum)
Ford Sneaks Up On Electric Car Future (HybridCars)
Indian Cities Recognize that Solving the Climate Crisis Doesn’t Involve Promoting Automobiles by Yonah Freemark (TransportPolitic)

Burning Fires

World's Most Efficient Solar Water Heater by Hank Green (EcoGeek)
How to Save the Suburbs: Solutions from the Man Who Saw the Whole Thing Coming by Jebediah Reed (The Infrastructurist)
Could Every Offshore Wind Turbine Capture Waves? by Hank Green (EcoGeek)

Burning Fires

Hot Air Balloons Could Power Your House by Mike Chino (Inhabitat)
The Economic Recovery Plan’s Bold Move To Repower America by Brad Johnson (The Wonk Room)
NRPA asks Congress to include Parks & Recreation funding in Economic Recovery Package (American Trails)
Part II: Green laboratories of democracy by Hannah McCrea (Grist)
Scotland to Map Wave and Tidal Power Potential by Megan Treacy (EcoGeek)
False Dichotomies: Capital or Operating? (Cap'n Transit Rides Again)
Oslo Buses Put Waste to Work By Jorge Chapa (Inhabitat)
First 100% Sustainable Island in the Caribbean by Kristie Wilson (Inhabitat, h/o Jerome a Paris)

Burning Fires

In Praise of Long Walks by Cap'n Transit (Cap'n Transit Rides Again)
Streetfilms: Introducing the Pedestrian Peek-a-Boo by Brad Aaron (Streetsblog)
Solar Energy Breakthrough Could Cut Costs By More Than 50% by Andrew Williams (CleanTechnica)
Short Flights Can Be Grounded With Better Rail by Andrea Nocito (MatteR Network)
Tricia Helfer's TriciaGreen.com (Virtual Green Living for BSG fans)
Rising Values near Transit in the UK (The Overhead Wire)
Bombardier Presents New Catenary-Free Streetcar by Yonah Freemark (the Transport Politic)

Burning Fires

Real Rail Access for Raleigh (Cap'n Transit Rides Again)
A new streetcar era? by Christof Spieler (Intermodality)
The 3 Rules of Urban Design (GatesofMemphis)
Groundbreaking Energy Ball Wind Turbine for Home Power by Moe Beitiks (Inhabitat)
China, Japan and U.S. Battle for EV Battery Supremacy by John Gartner (MateR Network)
Shanghai: Four rail transit lines to put into service in 2009 (h/t Overhead Wire)
Malls, the Future of Housing? By LISA SELIN DAVIS
(HousingWire magazine, h/t grunman at MLW)

Burning Fires

Valley Metro Grand Opening (Light Rail in Phoenix)
The Circle-Heights Bike Network: Creating a bicycle-friendly district (EcoCity Cleveland)
Introduction to Vehicular Cycling (Bicycling Life)
Chainguard | Probicycle (effective cycling advocacy)
Streetsmarts (The Effective Cycling Guide, available online)

Burning Fires

Whose Roads? Defending Bicyclist's and Pedestrians Right to Use Public Roadways by Todd Litman (pdf) (2004, Victoria Transport Policy Institute)
Transport for America Campaign (campaign website)
Rails to Trails Infrastructure Petition (sign up!)
Small-Scale Smart Grid in Massachusetts by Julia Levitt (WorldChanging)

Burning Fires

A Hell of a Road by Ryan Avent (The Bellows)
Upstart Chinese Car Company BYD Releases Plug-In Hybrid. See What You Can Do With No Regulations? by Marc Rose (MatteR Network)
Neighboorhood Design Preferences Change (The Ground Floor)
Sean Sweeney: Soho Must Be Preserved for SUVs by Ben Fried (Streetsblog)
Energizer Getting in on the Solar Battery Game by Hank Green (EcoGeek.org)
Support Olathe’s Bike Transportation Plan (KC BikeBlog)

Burning Fires

A Resolution for 2009: Around the World in an Electric Bike, by Petz Scholtus (Treehugger)
On Systems Efficiency (The Overhead Wire)
Nationalize General Motors by Michael Kieschnic (CREDO Action)
Green Rules by Ryan Avent (The Bellows)
Southern Hospitality (Mass Transit Magazine)
How Does the Post Know What Congress "Wanted?" (Dean Baker's Beat The Press)

Burning Fires

The Shasta Route: Connecting Oregon and California by Passenger Rail, by Hans-Joachim Zierke (site)
Brammo Enertia Brings Bike Battery Breakthrough by Cosmo Catalano (MatteR Network)
Active Transportation Alliance (Chicago) (site)
Tognum presents hybrid drive system for trains (press release)
Bassfreight: A Sound for the London Skate
(site ... bike hauled soundsystem)
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (site)
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (site)

Burning Fires

Systemic Risk, Contagion and Trade Finance - Back to the Bad Old Days (London Banker)
Bikes + Trains = Aloha (The Overhead Wire)
Moving on a Progressive Agenda by Jim Cullen (Progressive Populist)
The Summers Bubble (The American Prospect)
Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor (site)
(Florida) Bullet Train News (site)
Midwest High Speed Rail Association (site)
New Generator Boosts Wind Yield by Cosmo Catalano (MatteR Network)
Will the economic downturn kill green building? by Lisa Selin Davis (Grist)

Burning Fires

350.org
BikeLakewood
BikeLakewood Shared Lane proposal
Space Constraint (The Overhead Wire)
Coltan Killing the Congolese by: undercovercalico (Docudharma)
Getting Rich Men on Transit (The Ground Floor)
Many Problems, One Green Solution by Carl Frankel (MatteR Network)
We Don't Care, Cuz She's Funny (Dispassionate Liberal)
Chelsea Sexton: Electric Car Lightning Rod (EVWorld)

Burning Fires

100 percent renewables in 10 years by Kate Sheppard (Grist)
Smart Growth on Next Week’s Calendar by Steven Higashide (Mobilizing the Region)
Our Long National Nightmare is Over...and now... by: grannyhelen (Docudharma)
Reliability to Determine Plug-in Hybrids' Path by Christopher Jones (MattER Network)
Facts Belie the Scapegoating of Black People for Proposition 8 by: shanikka (My Left Wing)
California high-speed rail bond approved By DON THOMPSON (AP) (The Bakersfield Californian)