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Can e-bikes go mainstream?

VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike company taking inspiration from Apple and Tesla, is one of the world’s hottest brands in a bike market remade by the pandemic. Will it help reshape urban transportation?

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How e-scooters are transforming Tel Aviv

The city is building micromobility infrastructure to support an increasing number of e-scooters and bikes on congested city streets.

Causes

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The Point, a new Utah community, will be a 15-minute city

“One of our goals is to create what we’ve termed a one-car community.”

Politics

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Transit use must double to meet 1.5°C goal, mayors warn

As COP26 events focus on electric vehicles, a new report calls for $208 billion in annual public transit investments to decarbonize transportation.

Politics

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Super-fast E-bikes could risk a regulatory backlash

The newest electric bikes can go much faster than pedal-only riders, which could spur a backlash from pedestrians and a crackdown from regulators.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

urban transportation

Make room for minicars, the electric vehicles cities need

Can e-bikes go mainstream?

World’s fastest electric ferries are coming to Stockholm

How e-scooters are transforming Tel Aviv

The Point, a new Utah community, will be a 15-minute city

Transit use must double to meet 1.5°C goal, mayors warn

Super-fast E-bikes could risk a regulatory backlash

South Texas cities seek new water sources as Rio Grande dries up

Heavier flooding puts many small businesses at risk

Many congressional Republicans still deny climate science

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Biden steps aside, endorsing Harris as climate advocate

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way