A layer of smog hovers over the Tel Aviv skyline (photo by the author).

After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week.

Image Courtesy of: archdaily.com

Parking garages are generally considered to be a necessary evil: necessary because everyone drives; evil because they are usually drab, ugly concrete structures that take up valuable urban space.

Küre Mountains National Park (L) is on its way to becoming part of a protected European park network, while demonstrators in Ankara (R) were arrested for protesting nuclear power. Photos via Turkish Adventures (L) and Today's Zaman (R).

With summer in full swing in Turkey, the season's regular environmental woes have again come to the fore.

Slightly more than a quarter the existing taxi fleet is made up of hybrid vehicles already. Photo: Brian Snelson via flickr.

A quick (and hopefully not final) update in the ongoing legal saga around New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to convert the city's taxi fleet over to hybrid vehicles.

A rendering of the future system. Image credit: Amman BRT.

Having already begun to reclaim its sidewalks for pedestrians, the city of Amman, Jordan is setting out to reclaim its streets from traffic chaos.

photo: photographer 23 via flickr

An update to the Global Warming's Six Americas survey, done by George Mason and Yale universities, has been released. Compared to stats compiled in January about the percentage of US residents who run the gamut from alarmed to dismissive about various aspects of global warming, from the science to the effects, there aren't huge changes.