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Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

In New York City, the big question, however, is how much legroom commuters expect from their taxis. Environmentalists in New York City were keenly interested in seeing some of the taxi fleet converted to hybrids. The hybrids approved for use, for now, however, had smaller foot and legroom than the other roomier fossil fuel cabs.30 These included the 2006 Ford Escape hybrid, 2006 Mercury Mariner hybrid, 2006 Toyota Highlander hybrid, 2006 Toyota Prius, 2006 Honda Civic hybrid, 2006 Honda Accord hybrid, and the 2006 Lexus RX 400H.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Flashing bar graphs showing the accumulation of contaminants in the air as rush hour progresses could give commuters a daily reminder of their vehicles' contribution to environmental problems. sj Charging for Congestion mb The cores of many large cities have superb mass-transit systems. It is entirely possible for the residents of Manhattan, for example, to go their entire lives without owning a car—and many do. Tourists and commuters headed to New York are strongly encouraged to leave their cars at home.

How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace Paul D. Blanc, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

In Belgium, for example, a special train car was set aside to transport women workers exposed to carbon disulfide, so that they would not be brought into contact with other commuters, presumably on account of the carbon disulfide workers' licentious behavior.56 Some of the richest occupational medical literature on carbon disulfide exposure during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s emerged from Italy. The political-economic state apparatus in the Fascist regime was an important contributor to large-scale overexposure, despite firm medical evidence of the hazards of carbon disulfide.

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith See book keywords and concepts

And certainly there are millions more who are somewhere in between, especially people who live in suburbs of sprawling metropolises like Houston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. That's a lot of time driving in dirty air. Nowadays we are more likely to drive cars that don't require diesel gas, but diesel-burning engines are still around us filling the air we breathe, from trucks and buses to roadside machinery and equipment that run on diesel gas (not to mention nearby factories and power plants).

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Traffic problems in the inner-ring burbs are often out of control, as commuters from outer suburbs crowd roads that were built for much smaller rush hours. The strip-mall culture that marks the inner ring is out of style and the malls can't compete with the kind of upscale retail stores that bring in the highest sales-tax revenues.

Tourists and commuters headed to New York are strongly encouraged to leave their cars at home. Still, the streets of New York and other cities are frequently clogged with private traffic, mmmm We like our cars so much that the most obvious problems associated with them—traffic congestion and the need for parking—have utterly changed the urban and suburban landscape. The automobile's less obvious costs —financial, aesthetic, and environmental —are either cunningly hidden in tax bills, borne without complaint, or wafted invisibly away on tainted breezes.

Separated from the traffic grid, they are able to run between stops at high speeds, increasing capacity and making the service attractive to harried commuters. Before boarding, BRI passengers pay their fares on the platform (speeding up the process), then they gain entry to special ramps that allow them to embark without climbing stairs. There's still room for innovation on local bus routes. Smaller, agile vehicles designed to zip through residential neighborhoods could deliver riders to BRT stops or light-rail stations to maximize the system's potential.

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell Luca Turin See book keywords and concepts

This is not like a crowded bus full of civilized commuters, where you can kiss your boyfriend without everyone else kissing you too. Furthermore, if the rest of the receptor were made of Teflon, or at any rate very slippery stuff, and the only sticky bit were the feature detector, then it might work. But every bit of the receptor will on average be as sticky or pushy as the bit the receptor is supposed to be interested in, so it'll be hard to arrange for feature detection unaffected by the rest of the molecule. Yet, as we shall soon see, this is precisely what our noses can do.

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century James Howard Kunstler See book keywords and concepts

American commuters driving Ford Explorers. One of the inferences of this theory, however, is that we don't really know whether the current episode of global warming may, in fact, only be the prelude to another major cooling. What we face, actually, may be a one-two punch: a radical warming episode disruptive in its own right followed by the onset of an ice age. If historical patterns are any measure, the Holocene is about due to end after a 10,000-year run.

Food Fight Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen See book keywords and concepts

In California, the organization supports the LA River Bikeway Project, which will provide a path for an expected 5,000 bicycle commuters and 2,500 recreational cyclers daily.61 California communities, in conjunction with local governmental agencies, have organized conferences on using community design to promote exercise.62 The London Cycle Network, planned for completion in 2008, will provide 1,800 miles of new bicycle tracks.

This beautiful trail is now used by 2,500 bicycle commuters each day, connecting to many destinations in Seattle.66 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has undertaken a number of initiatives regarding physical activity. One has been to collect and disseminate information on programs proven to help increase activity. A major emphasis has been on community programs that have the potential to affect large segments of the population.67 Some very clever programs have been developed, implemented, and, in a few cases, tested.

The Rhodiola Revolution: Transform Your Health with the Herbal Breakthrough of the 21st Century Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Air traffic controllers, pilots, military defense monitors, submarine crews, heavy equipment operators, policemen, firemen, doctors and nurses, emergency medical technicians, even everyday highway commuters must endure long hours of tiring work punctuated by unpredictable crises that require split-second decisions. Alertness, attention, and a well-tuned stress response system can mean the difference between life and death.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Situated side by side or in close contact: "The commuters were packed in the subway cheek by jowl." chip off the old block An expression used of people who closely resemble their parents in some way: "Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a chip off the old block." chip on one's shoulder To "have a chip on one's shoulder" is to invite conflict by being extremely touchy: "Joe really has a chip on his shoulder; every time I say something to him, he takes it the wrong way.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

On March 20, 1995, a Japanese doomsday cult, Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth), unleashed a nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway that killed 12 and sickened more than 5,500 commuters (The Independent, 7/17/96). In mid-June 1996, the U.S. Defense Department admitted that American troops in the 1991 Gulf War may have been exposed to Sarin, the same nerve agent used in Tokyo (News-day, 6/29/96). In late August 1996, the U.S.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Situated side by side or in close contact: "The commuters were packed in the subway cheek by jowl." chip off the old block An expression used of people who closely resemble their parents in some way: "Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a chip off the old block." chip on one's shoulder To "have a chip on one's shoulder" is to invite conflict by being extremely touchy: "Joe really has a chip on his shoulder; every time I say something to him, he takes it the wrong way.

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