Ikea, the Swedish retail chain, showed its green credentials yesterday by giving all 9,000 of its UK workers a free bicycle. The store handed out the £139 fold-up bike and offered a 15 per cent subsidy on public transport at its Christmas breakfast.The bicycle is the store's second high-profile green gesture this year following its decision to introduce a charge for plastic bags and encourage reusable ones. Plastic bag take-up at checkouts is down by 97 per cent.
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As the Department of Transportation is set to reopen the Carroll Street Bridge, locals want it to only reopen to pedestrians and cyclists.
Organizers of today's St. Patrick's Parade are telling everyone to leave their cars at home. Plus other news.
By the end of this year, 800 more streets in front of public school buildings will get 15-mile-per-hour speed limits, bringing the citywide total to 1,300. It's a start.
The online retail giant owes more than any other other company issued fines through the city's Citizens Air Complaint Program.
Could parking tickets be written by someone other than NYPD traffic agents and cops? Time will tell if this is a good idea or not.
As Americans start planning their summer vacations, the country’s largest inter-city bus operator is challenging them to leave their cars at home.
