Muscle Power As Fuel For Our Creative Juices Apr 20, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 7492 We’ve shaped our society around cheap, but dirty and exhaustible energy. In the 21st century, it’s time to start thinking creatively about healthful ways to re-power our lives, by burning caloric energy instead of hydrocarbons. We are surrounded by machines, but it is still only…
Who Killed the Streetcar? The “Snell Report” Apr 13, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 6961 In 1974, legislative aide and anti-trust attorney Bradford Snell, released a 100-page report on GM and ESSO’s “Secret holding companies”, calling for a restructuring of the American transportation system, starting with the break-up of the Big Three. When something is done on the largest scale there…
A World’s Fair At a Human Scale Apr 06, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 5872 An invitation to use the power of the internet and crowd-sourcing to commemorate the 75th and 50th anniversaries of the New York World’s Fair. As one way to take notice of these remarkable historical events, designers and builders, artists and engineers, mechanics and craftspeople, are all…
A Plan B for New York’s Bikeshare System Mar 30, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 6470 Rumors are rampant that New York City’s Citibike bicycle share program is struggling financially after one of the worst winters on record. Here’s a Plan B for improving and maybe even saving this valuable service. Now that the NYC Bike-share program is under severe pressure…
Empathy and a Nickle’s Worth of Change Mar 23, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 5779 When you’re down to your last ten dollars, do you buy food, medicine or gas for the car? I want to propose a simple way to begin to change society for the better. It costs just a nickel, but first, let me set the stage. We…
