the United States was not built around cars.
the infrastructure of the United States was destroyed to make way for cars.
ashville dam
neglected infrastructure
Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be
As relentless rains pounded LA, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water—enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris
culling cars has been far more popular than her petrolhead critics predicted, with Paris becoming cleaner and healthier to boot.
The world’s humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
Inspired by The Super Mario Bros Movie, we're talking about a humble class of heroes whose lives are devoted to infrastructure maintenance and repair. There are heating engineer rogues and…
De Fiets is Niets
Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. Dutch people own more bicycles per capita than any other place in the world. The country has more…
‘OK Broomer’: Seattle’s bike lane sweeper gets a name
SEATTLE — Seattle’s new protected bike lane sweeper will be named “OK Broomer.” More than 1,500 people voted on twitter polls to name the sweeper. “OK Broomer” received 57.3% of…
Trading clunkers for electric bikes: France moves to offer financial incentive
France is offering the owners of old, exhaust-belching cars the opportunity to hand over their vehicles for scrap in return for a 2,500 euro ($2,975.00) grant to buy an electric…
Michigan: a tale of US neglect
From roads to railways to water supply, one state’s decaying infrastructure reflects the scale of Biden’s task to rebuild {read}