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Culture
Is This the Best "Wear Your Seatbelt" Ad of All Time? [UPDATED]
Here's an inventive approach to seatbelt advocacy-one that doesn't rely on fear to get its message across.
Culture
Intermission: Culture Traffic Jamming
In this video, the artists Rune Madsen messes with the flow of traffic on a city sidewalk and reveals something essential about human behavior.
Culture
Bomb the Blight Brings a Serious Arsenal to Seed-Bombing
The artist Tommy Wilson wants to seed-bomb every state in the nation.
Cities
Does Planting More Trees Reduce Crime?
Areas with large trees in public spaces have lower crime rates, so will planting more trees in high crime areas make them safer?
News
TIGER Stimulus Grants Benefiting Americans Across the Country
The stimulus is working, and the Department of Transportation's TIGER program is a prime example of how.
Design
GOOD Design Daily: Stinky Bike Helmet Alerts Rider When Cracked
German researches have developed a helmet that releases a pungent odor when it suffers a crack, which is good news for cyclists who want to stay safe.
Culture
A Requiem for Fossil Fuels
A combination vocal composition and sound installation pits a choir alongside the sound of traffic to bid a formal farewell to fossil fuels.
News
The Man Who Wanted to Ban Cars from Manhattan (in 1961)
A new documentary focuses on a largely-forgotten writer and urbanist whose ideas were ahead of his time. (Plus a contest.)
News
How to Share the Road with Cyclists
You might not have plans to start biking to work, but lots of people do. Wired's new wiki teaches drivers how to share the road.
Design
Car-Shaped Bike Rack Turns One Parking Space into 15
Ilian Milinov makes a clever statement on the preferential treatment of cars over bikes on city streets.
Culture
World's Largest Skatepark Belongs to New Jiangwan City, Shanghai, China
Located in New Jiangwan City in Shanghai, China, the world's largest skatepark is an astonishing 45,000 square feet.
News
Rideshare Week: Photos of Your Awesomely Sustainable Commutes
As Rideshare Week rolls along, you keep sending awesome photos of your commutes. As promised, we keep publishing them.
Environment
Hey L.A., on 10/10/10 Come Out and Play at CicLAvia
Celebrate a car-free Los Angeles on 10/10/10 at CicLAvia.
News
Submissions: Pictures of Your Bikes, Rideshares, and Carpools
To celebrate Rideshare Week, we asked you to send photos of your carpool, rideshare, bike, or other sustainable commute. Here are some early entries.
Technology
Fill That Hole: A U.K. Fix for Potholes and Public Works Malaise
Like SeeClickFix before it, a new U.K.-based iPhone app called Fill That Hole will help citizens wage war on potholes.
News
Watch a Short Film About Cargo Bikes, the Danish Station Wagon
A short Street Films documentary about Danes who use cargo bikes to haul groceries, spouses, and children around town.
Cities
Photos from Around the World on Park(ing) Day 2010
Park(ing) Day, the celebration that sees people turn parking spaces into temporary parks, went off in cities around the world. Here are the photos.
Design
Redesigned Crosswalks Could Save Walkers' Lives
Here's a brilliantly simple idea from the Korean designer Jae Min Lim, via Fast Company's Co.Design: redesigning crosswalks to reflect how...
