The Nissan Leaf is a zero emssion, plug-in electric card. It tops the Chevy Volt stagger fuel efficiency with whopping 367 MPG. Business week reports that the Leaf [will] run a 100 miles on a single charge [and] will cost no more to buy and run than a traditional gasoline-powered car. Charging time is [...]
Portland is touting itself as the bike capital of the United States. So how does it compare to the bike capital of the world, Amerstdam?
"Amsterdam is truly a bicycle city, with every road containing bike lines – and even some with traffic lights aimed only at bicycle riders. Amsterdam has become a bike city for [...]
If the new Chevy Volt actually hits the market next year, there will finally be a car that addresses the majority of driving styles, if not the majority of pocketbooks. With their announcement that the Volt will travel about 40 miles on a charge, many drivers will not have to buy gasoline for months at [...]
The O-Train is Ottawa’s first experience with light rail transit. The O-Train travels an 8-km track past five stations, two of which connect to the city’s bus rapid transit system (the “Transitway”), over two bridges and through a tunnel beneath Dow’s Lake. The line serves Carleton University, a major employment centre, and a shopping mall [...]
If you are an active biker living in Portland, here is some good news for you. Projects are under way for building a network of biking trails which will be completed though only by 2198. The residents of Washington county, however, do not have to wait that long. They have some bike-friendly facilities like "
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Today Jet Blue announced an 'All you can Jet' promotion that allows you to make unlimited flights from September 8 through October 8 2009 for $599. Package must be purchased through August 21, 2009 or while supplies last, some restrictions apply.
More details at http://www.jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/
Toyota has been working on the Highlander FCV, and they claim that the latest version of the hydrogen-powered SUV (the FCV-adv) traveled for 431 miles on just one tank of compressed hydrogen.
Impressive indeed. But as Christopher DeMorro points out in an article on Gas2.org, the claim is rather misleading. Toyota merely drove 331.5 miles from [...]
Its been a while since any reports of the google streetview team visiting portland, but they are cetainly making their way around the world. The google team has ditched their car for a more ecco friendly tricylce and are now visiting France.
"The riders, wearing Google tee-shirts and white helmets, are visiting well-known sites such as [...]
Not even the most optimistic greens could have predicted that the federal government's cash-for-clunkers program would work this well — at last count more than 240,000 Americans have traded in their clunkers for more fuel efficient cars, and the program has already burned through its first $1 billion of funding.
Have you traded in a clunker? [...]
Development of Lent Park Minor league base ball teams stadium is on going. Parking being a driving factor. Current ideas look to merge the parking with exisiting parking of Portland School system that is currently strapped for cash. Additonnally, any new parking will include the use of "green bricks" which absorbs water and allows grass to [...]
