Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Last week, Time magazine asked, "Why Are Southerners So Fat?" There's no simple answer, of course. Poverty, culture and climate all play a role in the South's high obesity rates. But one factor that's increasingly blamed by everyone from medical...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day, which is part of National Bike Month, coinciding with Bike Month NYC here in the Big Apple, and I have to admit that it's all making me feel a bit guilty. Last summer,...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Last summer, I wrote about the NYPD officer who knocked a biker to the ground during a Critical Mass ride in Times Square -- and got caught in the act. If you haven't seen the stunning and disturbing video, here...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Just a couple of quick notes about some recent biking stories that I couldn't resist mentioning:In New York, a couple of professors from Hunter College promoted a study this week claiming to show that city cyclists routinely break the law....continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming
Crossing the Triborough Bridge last night on the way home from LaGuardia airport, I smiled as my cab passed under a giant banner trumpeting today's renaming of the bridge in honor of Robert F. Kennedy. RFK is one of my...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
The New York City Department of Transportation announced last week that bike commuting jumped 35 percent in the city over the past year. That's a lot of new bikers on the streets, and I'm proud to be one of them....continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York City wants to double bike commuting by 2015 and is working to make the city more bike friendly. That means it needs more bike parking. Activists are pushing for city rules that would make commercial landlords allow their...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Moving Beyond Oil
This past weekend, my wife and I visited Charlotte, N.C., where we used to live. Charlotte's the kind of spread-out, suburban city where you really can't get by without a vehicle, even when you're in town for just a couple...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Two years after moving to the city, one of the things that helps me feel more like a real New Yorker is when out-of-towners stop me on the street or the subway and I'm able to give them detailed directions....continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The president of South Korea biked to work today. Nearly 30,000 cyclists took to the streets of Taiwan's capital. European cities asked their residents to keep cars parked for the good of the planet. A European Commission spokeswoman says that...continued→
