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Taxi turmoil

Plus, controlling local health costs
Taxis are an under-appreciated and often little-considered component in urban mass-transit systems. They fill the gaps left by the MBTA and offer a sort of curb-to-curb, citywide Zipcar service.
By EDITORIAL | March 17, 2010

The Year in Green

Going Green
I don't know whether it was the sky-high gas prices or what, but Portland sure caught an eco-bug in 2008.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 23, 2008

Newport company touts grease as a gas competitor

Energy
While the return of gas prices to a more palatable level has stifled public discontent for now, it's hard to predict when the next oil shock may occur.
By CARROLL ANDREW MORSE | November 12, 2008

Are you paying too much for your heating bill?

Critics charge that lax regulation is inflating utility costs in Rhode Island
As winter approaches and energy prices rise worldwide, Rhode Islanders will wince when they open their monthly bills for electricity and natural gas.
By STEVEN STYCOS | September 10, 2008

Road worriers

Obscene gas prices, stolen equipment, broken vans, no sleep -- so why do bands still go on tour?
Right around this time 10 years ago, our van died in the desert plains of Arizona on some godless stretch of I-8.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 04, 2008

Traffic Jammed

This small state should have better transit. So why doesn’t it?
It’s not just the relatively small number of RIPTA users who suffer from the inadequacy of Rhode Island’s transit system.
By AMY LITTLEFIELD | August 20, 2008

Traffic Jammed

30 ways to have fossil-free fun in Boston this Summer

Pahk your damn cah
It’s tough to maximize your summer fun when, every time you start your engine, you realize that you’re strangling the last few breaths of life out of the planet’s 17 (or so) remaining white rhinos.
By MIKE MILIARD, JAMES PARKER, AND SHARON STEEL | June 12, 2008

Got sustainability?

Apeiron’s annual festival points the way to different possibilities
Growing numbers of Americans are taking up bicycling and gardening, and perhaps reconsidering the more costly habits of the not-so-distant boom times.
By IAN DONNIS | June 04, 2008

Scooters get greener

Getting around
Three bucks a gallon!
By KELSEA BRENNAN-WESSELS | June 20, 2007

Republican dirty tricks

What’s up Karl Rove’s sleeve?
Late last month, readers of the conservative web site NewsMax discovered this juicy tidbit in a column by Ronald Kessler: “In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an ‘October surprise’ to help win the November congressional elections.”
By ADAM REILLY | October 05, 2006

Solo performance

More and more local chefs are buying their own restaurants
Scratch most talented chefs and they will share their dream: the perfect neighborhood bistro, the freshest ingredients, food that is creative and worthy of national note.
By LOUISA KASDON | September 01, 2006

RI politicians seem helpless to stem gas price surge

Energy crunch
The worry marks lining politicians’ faces in Rhode Island are getting deeper as gasoline prices keep climbing, and the public seeks a quick fix — or at least someone to blame for the problem.
By RICHARD C. LEWIS | May 17, 2006

RI goes (a little) green

Surging energy costs are leading the state to tap alternative sources once viewed as flaky or unproven
As Rhode Islanders shed their heavy coats and welcome spring, chances are they won’t remember this past fall and winter for the relatively mild weather.
By RICHARD C. LEWIS | April 12, 2006

Bus stopped

Portland's public transit system gets around. So why are we still so tied to our cars?
It is a bit dismaying that public transportation gets so little consideration here, particularly in Portland and its environs, where the buses are frequent and plentiful enough to make them a viable transportation choice.
By SHAY STEWART-BOULEY | April 12, 2006

Add it up, suckers

Taxi surcharges, rising cable rates, higher oil prices — it’s gonna cost a lot more to live in Boston in 2006
When you live in Boston, you may not notice every little price hike. But they add up.
By DAVID BERNSTEIN | January 17, 2006