"The disadvantages involved in pulling lots of black sticky slime from out of the ground where it had been safely hidden out of harm's way, turning it into tar to cover the land with, smoke to fill the air with and pouring the rest into the sea, all seemed to outweigh the advantages of being able to get more quickly from one place to another - particularly when the place you arrived at had probably become, as a result of this, very similar to the place you had left, i. e., covered with tar, full of smoke and short of fish." - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 1980 |
Mexico City: Paint Your Own Bike Lane 
Groups in Mexico City have found a creative way of delivering more bicycle lanes...
Boston Tree Party A local group in Boston aims to cover the city with apple trees...
Kid Power In the Netherlands, a pedal-powered school bus gets the kids to school and improves their health at the same time.
Pump it up in London London has begun installing tyre inflation pumps for bicycles on its streets. Making bicycle use easier is a win for the city and the cyclists.
Grow your own bike from bamboo A student at Monash University in Australia has developed a way to grow bamboo into the structure of a pedal-power vehicle.
