Transportation

Bicycle Manufacturers Adjust to a Larger and Heavier Client Base with Super Sized Cycles

Everyone should be able to engage in eco-friendly forms of transportation, like cycling, and now with super-sized bikes they can. Cycling has been gaining popularity...

Better Place Founder Shai Agassi Heads to China for Summer Davos Economic Forum

Fueling up. Better Place hoped to "fuel" more interest at the "Summer Davos" economic forum. In a strong indication that he and his company are...

UAE Man Campaigns Against Reckless Driving That Killed His Sister. Part II.

Every day, 35 people are killed in the Gulf as a result of poor driving. Mohd Shahnawaz has launched a new campaign to...

UAE Man Campaigns Against Reckless Driving That Killed His Sister. Part I.

Every day 35 people are killed in the Gulf as a result of poor driving. Mohd Shahnawaz has launched a new campaign to change...

Traffic Accident Fatalities in Iran: the Statistics and Causes

Iran's high fatality rate is usually attributed to cultural attitudes towards road rules, and poor safety facilities. Driving cars can be a hazardous affair. Traffic...

Car Talk With the “Driving Dutchman” Highlights Many Green Auto Issues

Testing Better Place Taxi in Tokyo. Will Taxi drivers go for only 130 km per charge? Jerusalem's Rusty Mike Radio station is relatively new to...

Oman’s Noor Majan builds electric car

April fool's in Oman in August? The mystery Omani EV is purportedly going to run 2,250 miles on one charge. This may be just...

Why China Will be Tipping Point for EVs – Interview With Better Place’s Mike Granoff

Cars cause more greenhouse emissions than planes, Cleantechnica reports earlier this month. So while it may be important to offset and reduce our flying habits,...

Only 1 in 25 Emiratis Use Their Legs to Walk

Legs? Who needs them when you can drive. Maybe this is why diabetes rates in the Gulf region are among the highest in the...

Keeping Public Trains on Track

A new research project aims to create an early warning system to save lives of people who take the train. Trains are one of favourite...

The Middle East Can Only Drool Over Tesla's Electric Sports Roadsters

Tesla Model S Coupe: Expensive bang for your bucks. The Middle East can only drool for now. Tesla electric sports roadsters floated a successful IPO...

The Difficulties of Developing Cycling Routes in Iranian Cities

Tehran has bikes routes in place, but people aren't using them because they're needed in dense urban cores. We all know about the importance...

Greenie Wants YOU to Become a Bicycle Courier in Tel Aviv

Ever dreamed about becoming a cycling courier?  Forget delivering the newspaper, Greenie is here to help. Tel Aviv is no stranger to cycling, and...

On Cycling and Two-Wheeler Tourism in Israel, from EcoBike's Tomer Zaksenberg

EcoBike's Tomer Zaksenberg tells us to get our pedals turning in Israel and beyond. Cycling is booming in Israel, both as an alternative, eco-friendly form...

Tesla Motors IPO Races Through Abu Dhabi, But Is the EV Practical?

Faster than a Ferrari, cleaner than a Prius, Tesla's EV roadster is only $100,000: Is this reason for Tesla's high IPO result? Tesla Motors, already...

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