The trend toward real estate that is accessible with alternative forms of transportation is evident in this entrepreneurial realtor’s approach: providing bike tours of ‘bike-able’ properties.

The innovative businesswoman who runs ‘Tour de Homes’ in Portland to show properties in neighborhoods that are bike and alternative transport-friendly…

Through the pain of the economy, it’s nice to see a positive in the efforts to reduce VMT.  Bike sales in Australia are up 38% for 2008, making it the ninth consecutive year demand for bikes has outstripped vehicles according to this article.

Elliot Fishman, advisor to…

A nice film on how bike sharing works in DC can be found here.  Portland, Oregon, is considering its own program, as is Chicago and a number of Southern California communities.  The biggest hurdles seem to be liability, resistence to more advertising on the streets (the way most communities…

An interesting progress check on Paris’ bike-sharing program can be found here.  Although there are some positive carbon emissions savings, the Worldchanging article reminds us that it’s important not to define the value of such programs too narrowly or treat them as a ‘quick fix’.

While the bike-sharing…