Click the image to open the interactive version (via BikeGuard). 9/28/2012 — BikeGuard: The Free Bike Registry, has just released information on commuter cycling by state and gender. Here are their key findings: Washington, D.C. has the highest percentage of bike commuters, at 3.13 percent Arkansas has a dismal .06 percent. Women rarely bike to …
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is facing charges that handicapped parking was rented to donors on Cornhuskers’ game days (photo by Kent Sievers, The Omaha World-Herald). 9/18/12 — Whether it’s the NFL or a local university or high school, the most hotly contested showdown this fall might be tailgaters v. people with disabilities. On game day, …
The iPhone 5, released September 12th, 2012. (Photo via Apple) September 14, 2012 — The iPhone5 launched this week, and according to Apple’s promotional video, “when you think about your iPhone, it is probably the object that you use most in your life.” There’s some truth to this statement: like any good smartphone, the iPhone …
Signs like these make parking regulations clear and easy to follow (via MySecuritySign). September 10, 2012 — In Seattle, a private parking company was recently fined $55,000 for issuing misleading parking tickets to unsuspecting citizens. These signs promise a flexible and feasible appeals process, which, as Assistant Attorney General Jake Bernstein points out, “is murky at …
Our morning “blimps” of New York. September 6, 2012 — Today, from the windows of our New York offices, a line of blimps promenaded across the skyline, emerging over the harbor heliport and disappearing over Jersey. If there ever was a reason for Lady Liberty to look up, it was this unusual family—two bigger blimps, …