Laura for a Livable Climate

Background: a sign reading "Active Transportation: Walk, Bike, and Roll Toward A Greener Healthier Future" Foreground: LEGO mini figures riding bicycles.

LEGO solar farm

Lego wind turbine, with children's books in the background, including "We Are Water Protectors," "Little Sap," and "Every Leaf a Hallelujah"

My 5-yr old and I built a bunch of LEGO creations for an Earth Day window display at a local bookshop. We sat on the floor snapping together wind turbine blades and solar arrays while watching a documentary about wind farms. I have never been happier.

Story time at the library today was all about tree planting and care! Our special guest? A native white pine seedling who rolled in... by bike, of course!

Look at these beauties! 😍

How — and Why — To Start a Neighborhood E-Bike Library American advocates are loaning out e-bikes to their neighbors — and creating flocks of new riders. The post How — and Why — To Start a Neighborhood E-Bike Library appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.

How — and Why — To Start a Neighborhood E-Bike Library

I dont own an EV, but would be vastly more interested in a small $9k car than a large $40k one, to say nothing of the monster trucks that most American automakers are churning out
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Slide Title: Eastern Area Alternatives Considered Operational Enhancements - 3rd lane considerations - entire corridor or at section locations - Turn restrictions - Signal phasing modifications - Lane-use modifications Safety Enhacements - Signal equipment replacement - Clearance timing adjustments - Road Safety Audit (RSA) suggestions Multi-modal Enhancements - Bike accommodation (across Route 2) - Pedestrian movement at key intersections Source: MassDOT Highway Division

I recommend that everyone who cares about the future of transportation in Massachusetts tune into the Route 2 Corridor Study on Tuesday, February 20th at 6:00pm.

The question: Should we be widening a highway that funnels cars into Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston?

www.mass.gov/event/route-...

Keep biking!

Some of the things I do in the winter are:
- Dress in layers. I wear a wool base layer every day.
- Invest in bar mitts and warm gloves.
- I have studded snow tires that I put on around Thanksgiving and take off in late March. They really help with traction in the snow & ice.

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I am thrilled by the energy and cost efficiency of electric bicycles, but what keeps me riding every day is the JOY of active travel! Here's to another year of chance encounters with friends, time outside, gentle exercise, and all the best parking spaces. 9/9

Behold the extraordinary efficiency of electric bicycles!

Even if every kWh of our electricity came from natural gas, shifting a trip from our Subaru to our Urban Arrow would eliminate 99.97% of greenhouse gas emissions. 8/9

Our electricity is a bit cleaner than average. More than 60% of our electricity came from our rooftop solar array last year, and less than 14% came from fossil fuel power plants! But our power mix is only small part of the emissions picture. 7/9

Every time I drive to my son's school, my car produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the total created by charging our three e-bike batteries for an entire year. 6/9

Let's talk climate impact. Driving an additional 4,155 miles in our Subaru Outback would have resulted in 3700 lbs of carbon dioxide emissions. Can you guess how much our e-bikes emitted over that same distance? 5/9

A year's worth of battery charges cost us less than $10! We average about 46 miles per kWh on our bikes. Amazing efficiency when compared with a Tesla Model 3 (3.9 mi/kWh) or a Ford Lightning (2 mi/kWh). 4/9

Here's to the 189 gallons of gas we didn't buy and burn in 2023. That's enough gasoline to fill a hot tub, plus $651 back in our pockets. Add that to the roughly $8,000 we save each year by not owning, maintaining, and insuring a second car. 3/9

We use our e-bikes nearly every day for trips to practical destinations within 5 miles from our home. The electric assist makes it easy to carry passengers plus everything we need—briefcase, work bag, backpack, groceries, even my son's violin! 2/9

Our family rode our electric bikes a total of 4,155 miles last year—equivalent to a road trip from Boston to Alaska! Here's a thread unspooling some of what we learned along the way. 1/9