"Pedal Power May Help New Zealand Lure Tourists, Revive Economy", states the headline of a March 24 Bloomberg article.

"In a bid to boost employment and tourism, Prime Minister John Key is promoting a bike path winding about 3,000 kilometers (1,865 miles) that he says would generate 4,000 jobs during construction and entice cyclists to tour the country."

A modern day CCC project?

This semester is bringing the return of more policy oriented work by Green-Wheels HSU. We are currently partnering with a group of planning students on campus who are developing a sustainability plan for their senior practicum. This document will be given to the sustainability coordinator and presented to the president of HSU as an official planning document for the university. Along with this long term work is an effort to add material promoting the Jack Pass to the Humboldt Orientation Program (HOP) that all incoming students are required to attend.

Have we changed our past transportation habits after the gas price scare? Or as a nation are we slowly going back to what is "normal" with lower gas prices. This is the latest data from the Energy Information Administration. Distilate mostly tracks diesel.