Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3061: Electric Bicycles
Posted on · Episode: 3061 Electric Bicycles and Energy Efficiency. Today, we get a boost.
Posted on · Episode: 3061 Electric Bicycles and Energy Efficiency. Today, we get a boost.
Posted on · Episode: 1821 Trying to see 1892, or ancient Rome, in our mind’s eye. Today, we visit 1892.
Posted on · Episode: 2922 Gearing up: the continuously variable transmission. Today, we change gears.
Posted on · Episode: 1693 Glenn Curtiss’ motorcycles: before airplanes. Today, the other life of an airplane-maker.
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: A plan to curb youth violence, bike-sharing expands, Joshua Johnson of NPR's 1A, the effect of fracking on ranchers, and Houston sports.
Posted on · Episode: 2819 Folding bicycles battle new terrain. Today, altered shapes.
Posted on · We learn how one family's love of bikes turned into the Houston Bicycle Museum.
Posted on · By the end of 2018, the bike-share service plans to have a total of 104 stations with more than 900 bikes.
Posted on · Joe Boone talks about how her family's love of bikes turned into the Houston Bicycle Museum.
Posted on · Episode: 1231 In which automobile advertising mirrored the public. Today, we trace a new technology through advertisements.
Posted on · We meet an avid Houston cyclist, Mike Pluto. He talks about how he fell in love with riding bikes at a young age and how most of his vacations now involve riding. This segment was produced by Houston Public Media’s Abner Fletcher.
Posted on · Houstonian Joy Boone talks about how her family ended up owning a bicycle shop and how that eventually turned into the Houston Bicycle Museum. This segment was produced by Houston Public Media’s Abner Fletcher. MORE: New Museum Celebrates Houston's Bicycling History (Houston Matters, Feb. 24, 2015)
Posted on · Last week, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Joe Turner from the city's Parks and Recreation Department announced plans to close gaps in the White Oak Bayou bike trail. The project is a piece of a larger citywide bike plan awaiting City Council approval. We last discussed the plan in late February, when its first draft […]
Posted on · Episode: 3061 ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY Today, we get a boost.
Posted on · We learn about Elves & More, a Houston organization that gives bikes to under privileged children. Each child signs a contract with their teacher. If they meet the contract, they have earned a bike. Through 2012 Elves & More has delivered over 126,000 bicycles to underprivileged children.