Climate change
The heat is on the Australian transport sector to front up to its responsibilities to reduce emissions, and cargo bikes can be a quick, easy and cost-effective first step.
Putting our heart into climate health
A radical re-think into the way we organise cities and move around them will be needed to protect human health from the impacts of climate change, a new review has found.
E-bikes more popular than e-vehicles
The pace of the move to electric cars is going at the speed of a snail, while the growth in e-bikes is going like a rocket. The market is pointing us in the right direction.
Charged up to protect heritage
The UK National Trust has switched on to e-bikes as part of a campaign to reduce the climate impact of managing its stately homes, parks and trails.
The French are trading old cars for e-bikes – should we?
France's latest e-bike for clunkers scheme aims to get dirty, old cars off the road and replace them with clean, new e-bikes. Should we be doing this?
Getting rid of our elderly trucks
Australia and New Zealand's old truck fleets are causing around $200 million in annual pollution-related health costs, according to a new government study.
New Climate Change Strategy nods to increased bike riding
The Victorian Government has released its Climate Change Strategy that including a nod to increased bike riding, but no clear plan of attack.
What a difference a trip makes
New research from Europe has found that people who ride a bike on a daily basis had 84 percent lower carbon emissions from all their daily travel than those who didn't.
Petrol and diesel car ban for UK
The internal combustion engine is going the way of the dodo, with the UK joining California in making plans for a phase out.
Bikes have central role in decarbonising
The UK is pushing for bikes to have a much bigger role in everyday transport as the move towards zero-carbon transport picks up pace.