by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The governor of California recently made headlines by announcing that all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the state...
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Award-Winning Mechelen Targets Ecocity Standards
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The tower of St. Rumbold’s Cathedral offers an ideal view of the historic city of Mechelen, Belgium, once the capital of the Low...
Limerick Celebrates Winning European Green Leaf Award
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders That’s the good news. The bad news: Limerick’s Green Leaf Award is for 2020 and the pandemic has forced many of the events planned...
Expecting the Unexpected: Another Cautionary Example
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Official government maps identify roughly half of the properties actually at risk of flooding in the US. Unlike the approach used...
Bicycling toward Equality
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders During the pandemic, record numbers of people have (re)discovered bicycling as an enjoyable way to maintain health and fitness in...
Bikes Build Back Better
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle lanes and paths should be a big part of COVID 19 recovery. Cycling has increased during the pandemic for recreation and...
The Other Pandemic
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Deaths from COVID-19 have been compared with traffic fatalities as an argument to reopen the economy during the coronavirus...
Minneapolis: Learning from the Grand Rounds
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...
New Mexico: Gearing Up for Bicycles
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders New Mexico is not yet known as a bicycling paradise. But Albuquerque and Santa Fe are...
Quebec’s Route verte: Green in Many Ways
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...