Frustrated and unsatisfied with the city’s efforts in promoting bicycle infrastructure, bicycle advocates in Guadalajara, Mexico took action into their own hands by informally painting bike lanes along the city’s roads through a community event called Ciclovía Ciudadana.

When you're ready to throw these shoes away, plant them, instead! Photo via Oat.

We’ve found, perhaps, the epitome of eco-conscious fashion. (You might want to sit down.)

The prototype of Bus Roots. Photo by Bus Roots.

Using Auckland’s Google Transit feed, Chris McDowall visualizes his city’s transportation network in an animation of buses, trains and ferries. The animations usually begin at 3:00 a.m. on a Monday morning. Here’s how he describes it on his blog:

Images from "Tokyo Compression." Photo by Michael Wolf.

“Tokyo Compression” is a series of photographs by German-born, now Hong Kong-based photographer, Michael Wolf.