Archive for 'active transportation'
Safety Tips for Riding in the City
To Ride Around the City or To Not Ride around the City? Sure saving the environment is extremely important but above and beyond that your personal safety is at the top of the hierarchy. Is it possible to ride through a city safely? Thanks to green LA girl for pointing me to this article at [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under active transportation, Cycling, environment, health.
Tags: active transportation, Cycling, environment, Green Living, Safety, toronto, Transportation
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Yield to the Bus
I am all for public transit, it usually moves people more efficiently than in individual automobiles, it helps to reduce pollution and it helps move people who may not be able to afford to have their own personal vehicle. But what I am not in favour of is aggressive bus drivers that do forget that [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2009 under active transportation, cars, Driver Safety, infrastructure, toronto, ttc.
Tags: bus, cars, driving, environment, infrastructure, law, public transportation, Safety
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Active Transportation vs Obesity
While scanning my news reader this morning I happened upon this article on The City Fix. Get Fit For the New Year? Consider Riding Your Bike To Work discussed the inverse relationship between those countries that utilize active transportation and obesity rates. Not surprising that European cities tended to have lower obesity rates and more [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2009 under active transportation, Green Living, health, Transportation.
Tags: active transportation, Green, health, living
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