So you're super rich, drive a fancy car and really couldn't be arsed to find a proper parking space when just popping into the shops. What do you do? Well, most of the time you just park on the double yellows or in the cycle lane and hope you don't get a fine. If you do, you just pay up …
How's this for a great modification to the humble bicycle to extend its use?
I've seen, and quite like the idea of, bicycle trailers for towing your kids or shopping (you can borrow one from Waitrose if you don't have your own), but the Danes' cargo bikes take things to a whole new level.
In an ever increasingly populated world, town and city planners and transport ministers are having to think up ways of dealing with congestion. Here in the UK they've increased taxes on fuel, increased taxes on cars and introduced congestion charge zones in an attempt to draw people away from their cars and onto public transport. Sadly, there hasn't been a …
• Records tumble in Proteas' win - Ooo, that's got to have hurt Bangladesh. They were savaged by South Africa • Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV - Looks promising if it turns out to be a viable option for the future. • Low-tech Magazine: A world without trucks - Some Western…
Interesting links for 22 April 2007 - 17 May 2007:
• Baby Bubba's got a Beretta - Only in America. The best part, the kid's name really is Bubba. • Monorail to link Joburg and Soweto - How cool is this. First Gautrain and now this. If they can keep this kind of development up, 2010 will be a breeze. • Zimbabwe…
So you're super rich, drive a fancy car and really couldn't be arsed to find a proper parking space when just popping into the shops. What do you do? Well, most of the time you just park on the double yellows or in the cycle lane and hope you don't get a fine. If you do, you just pay up …