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Buses are a major part of every modern city's iconography, but rarely are they considered visually appealing. Tad Orlowski has designed a concept bus that uses technology to transform the appearance of city landscapes for the better. Both sides of the Willie bus are made of transparent LCD screens. The most likely application for the giant...

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A new award-winning concept bike cleans the surrounding air for its rider and his or her fellow citizens Aside from boosting their local economy, raising property prices and enhancing the public image of...

An intrepid British cyclist has ridden a Boris Bike to the top of Mont Ventoux in southern France and returned it to its docking station – all within 24 hours. http://youtu.be/HUWCeAzkc2Q [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Rob Holden summed up the endeavour, which he and his support team undertook in aid of Macmillan Cancer, as follows:...

The Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has co-founded a racing team that will enter the Formula E Championships - a new race series for electric cars. DiCaprio has long been an owner and vocal fan of both the Toyota Prius hybrid and Tesla Roadster, the world’s first high-performance production electric sports car and a vehicle he described...

A shortage of space and a paucity of good-quality cycling facilities are problems that face many large cities, but rarely can they be solved by a single piece of design. Swiss architectural practice Bureau A has transformed a tricycle into a mobile seven-floor building that it has little need for the refuge from traffic offered by...

Cycling in traffic can leave you feeling like you need eyes in the back of your head, but stuntman Eskil Ronningsbakken makes a habit of facing backwards when he rides his bicycle - even when careering down a mountain. The Trollstigen is a narrow and treacherous winding road in Norway punctuated by hairpin turns and steep drops....

There are many cycling-related apps, but very few ways of recharging smartphones and tablets while on the move. The £100 Cycle Charger from Convergence Tech looks like a conventional bicycle dynamo, but has been designed to charge any mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, GPS or other similar device. Cycle Charger specifications: • Female...

Every good bike ride is punctuated with a stop for coffee and cake, but what to do with your pride and joy while you take a well-earned rest? The rarity of kickstands available for road bikes, and the fact that carbon frames do not take kindly to being knocked against walls, has prompted an American designer to come up with a solution. The...

With the exception of takeaway restaurants, few businesses in Britain recognise scooters as a quick and cheap way to make urban deliveries. However, if electric vehicle pioneer Lit Motors has its way, all that could be about to change. The Kubo is an electric cargo scooter that claims to combine ‘the beautiful design of a Vespa with the...