Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are close substitutes for cars and two-wheelers because they cover longer distances with less effort. Thus, e-bikes will play a key role in shifting passenger and freight trips away from high-polluting private vehicles and generating fewer emissions if used at scale. While vehicle electrification has focused …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Faculty members, students of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, ISRO scientists, government officials and city youth will participate in a cycle rally to promote cleaner, greener and safer Ahmedabad. The cycle rally will start from the old IIM-A campus, passing through CN Vidyalaya, Space Application …
Shanghai: Jiang Ruming, a marketing manager, owns a van, but for many errands, he hops on a futuristic-looking contraption that lets him weave rapidly through Shanghai
Hrishikesh Joshi / Pune February 02, 2010, 0:31 IST A price tag of Rs 3.5 lakh is not what one expects to see on a bicycle. But that is what you will find when you walk into Lifecycle
Jiang Ruming, a marketing manager, owns a van, but for many errands, he hops on a futuristic-looking contraption that lets him weave rapidly through Shanghai
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: With his degree Siddhartha Priya can get a job that others would kill for. But this 2009 graduate of IIM-Ahmedabad has decided to reject cushy job offers and start a journey in self-realisation. As a first step he will embark on a bicycle journey of …
Vadodara: On Sunday, people were left gawking at a group of senior citizens moving around the city on a specially designed six-seater bicycle. It was not a joy ride though. It was a precursor to the main event, a 22-day journey, which six cyclists from Gujarat, Mumbai and Dubai are …
Pune The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) under JNNURM was to bring with it 117 kilometres of bicycle tracks giving fresh life to non-motorised transport (NMT) in the city. Accordingly, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had set up a cell two years ago to carry forward the NMT through its …
REINVENTING the wheel was not exactly what Myshkin Ingawale had in mind when he set out from NIT-Bhopal to MIT, with a stopover at IIM Calcutta. But the 27-year-old
Many see cycles as affordable, eco-friendly way to commute. And government is keen to promote the idea. But city will need better facilities and more cycle tracks before the trend catches on Megha Suri Singh | TNN Following in the footsteps of global cities like London, New York and Paris, …
The Delhi government will introduce dedicated bicycle lanes on all main stretches in Delhi and make the city cyclist-friendly soon. The news has come in response to a memorandum submitted by the Delhi Cycling Club (DCC) to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The assurance was communicated through a letter by the …
Bicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a bike lane in New York switched gears on December 19, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm. Dozens of bikers joined a protest to oppose the removal of a bike path in Williamsburg, …
MADHUMITHA B. Prof. Ramakrishnan was saddened that it is almost impossible to use a bicycle for fear of being run over in the city. He owns seven bicycles in England. BENGALURU Nobel laureate Jan. 7: Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan said he doesn't own a car -- his bicycle will do …
Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2010 Benchmarking Report is an essential resource and tool for government officials, advocates, and those working to promote bicycling and walking. The Benchmarking Project is an on-going effort to collect and analyze data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states and the 51 …
As the city gears up for the Commonwealth Games, Surender Gupta, 67, is happy to see the silver lining in the cloud of dust and grime left behind as the city rushes to complete the infrastructure projects.
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will soon come out with guidelines on introducing footpaths and cycle tracks on non-Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes. FC Road and JM Road will be the first to get the facility. Cycle tracks and clearly demarcated footpaths have already been introduced on the …
Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar lent her support to the cause of providing space to cyclists and other poor people who can ill afford private transport by demanding that the original design of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) be retained in all such corridors coming up in the city. …
Pool your cars, ride bicycles and own trees. That is the message going out from Bangalore's green groups as the Copenhagen climate summit progresses. Governments across the world are hoping to agree on a far-reaching new treaty at the Copenhagen climate summit that would curb greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide and slow …
