Milan Design Week is the annual design festival de rigueur on planet Earth! It is always the time of year to show off design, celebrate design, and question design. In recent years it has also been a design platform where automotive firms can...

I have been a skeptic of Prius. I didn’t quite get the point. What is it for? Is this the car to save us from global warming? Or is it just another gadget to get the more fuel efficiency? If it’s all about going green then why not jump to electric?...

It is the year of the Rat, the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, and in Chinese tradition it is the protector and porter of material prosperity. For Beijing it is also the year in which they Olympics will be held in their grand city on the 8th of August...

As Mayor Bloomberg's emission cutting PlanNYC gets on into its second year more and more hybrid taxi cabs are circulating in the city. Rodolphe Lafontant gives us a ride and a quick commentary on what its like driving a little greener.

Milan is a city entrenched in tradition and kept hidden behind closed doors, yet this privacy is always invaded by curious tourists from all over the world. Most notably, during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, a week dedicated to design, over 220,000...

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) will require black cars—the large sedans (often Lincoln Town Cars) that primarily service corporate clients—to increase fuel efficiency standards to a level...

Dongtan will be a city of three villages that meet to form a city centre. The first demonstrator phase of Dongtan aims to be completed by 2010, in time for the World Expo in Shanghai, and will accommodate a population of up to 10,000. Later phases of...

Vélib is the brainchild of Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, a Socialist and longtime green campaigner who has set a target for the city to reduce car traffic by 40 percent by 2020. Since he took office in 2001, his administration has added about 125 miles of bicycle...