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The “Copenhagen Wheel” is designed to help give riders a boost up steep hills like in San Francisco. Cyclists still have to pedal to get the extra thrust.

Is the e-bike revolution ready to come to America?

Business

There’s a growing trend in cycling today: electric bicycles. We’re not talking about less powerful motorcycles. These are bikes that have small motors to give you a little extra thrust as you pedal.

Helsinki tram

The city of Helsinki imagines a car-less and more care-free future

Environment
Curitiba park

This Brazilian city is an example of how small changes can make a world of difference

Environment
A woman hails a cab outside the Empire State Building in New York City.

Taxi sharing in NYC could be a godsend — but would New Yorkers go for it?

Technology
Sille Kongstad's bicycle-powered hearse.

Which European city has recently adopted the bicycle-powered hearse?

Culture
Bixi

Montreal’s bike community rallies around its financially strapped bike sharing program, Bixi

Business, Economics and Jobs

The bike sharing system Bixi has filed for bankruptcy protection. The non-profit company owes creditors, including the city of Montreal, nearly $50 million.

London’s cycling ‘superhighways’ prove to be super dangerous

Lifestyle & Belief

They’re called cycling “superhighways,” but the new scheme in London to encourage pedal power has come under fire after a number of cycling fatalities.

Taxis, buses and other cars stuck in the honking traffic in Kolkata, India

Bicyclists in crowded Indian city fight to take back the streets

Environment

Can you name an Indian city where authorities recently banned bicycles, along with hand carts and other non-motorized vehicles, from key roads and streets during the day.

Bike sharing programs transform transportation in cities

Environment

Bike sharing programs are popping up in major cities all over the United States. Offering a flexibility that trains and buses can’t match, shareable bikes are expected to become more widely available — including in Chicago, among the largest cities to offer a bike-share program.

Electric cars could produce efficiencies for national electric grid

Environment

Electric cars have large batteries that go mostly unused for hours at a time. But a team of researchers in Delaware are hoping to use these electric cars to improve how the national electric grid works. So far, the results are promising. And it could provide benefits to electric car owners, too.