EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport - is gathering stories to share along with its city profiles.
Here’s an example of a story about commuting from a local shoe-shiner who lives in Mexico City:
We are currently in need of anecdotes about day-to-day transportation and mobility for XI’AN and SHANGHAI.
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Hippie engineers in Portland, Ore. have found a way to design “affordable, locally-produced, handcrafted bamboo bicycle frames.”
Here’s a story (and a video) from asap:
“A bicycle built from bamboo: Now you can use grass to mow people down“
By Aaron Clark
July 8, 2007
Designers Liakos Ariston and Jacob Prinz started Daedalus Custom Bamboo Bikes two years ago after [...]