Personal Mobility for Seniors
The ability to move around freely is critical, especially for the elderly, to meet their daily needs and to socialize. As health and...
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Michael Akulov
May 25, 20214 min
FELA Efficiency in a City
People are happier when they are efficient in doing what they love. The efficiency of our trips, i.e., travel time, is defined mainly by...
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Michael Akulov
May 23, 20214 min
Minimizing Vehicle Makes Transport Infrastructure Sustainable
Transport infrastructure must be as least invasive to nature and people as possible. And rationalizing the new vehicles' requirements...
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Michael Akulov
Apr 8, 20214 min
Performance Metrics: Rationality vs. Vanity
Often, especially in ads, you learn that a new car, lately electric, makes 0-60 mi (or 0-100km/h) in three seconds. Those accelerations...
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Michael Akulov
May 5, 20205 min
Effective Costs of Urban Personal Mobility Modes
"Combustible mixture of the arrogant ignorance in science and financial- political power will blow up into our faces." - Carl Sagan. At...
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Michael Akulov
May 3, 20205 min
How to Move Faster without Road Kills on Residential Streets
I was riding my bike on the driveway across a pedestrian path. To cross the busy road, I only checked traffic on my left: a severe...
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Michael Akulov
Apr 30, 20206 min
FELA Promotes Cycling Better than Bike Infrastructure
As a foreign-trained immigrant with the usual problem of landing a professional job, I face the dilemma: either to buy a car and juggle a...
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Michael Akulov
Jul 15, 20197 min
Public Transit Immanent Inadequacy
The urban transit is either over- or under-used. The passengers are either squeezed during two-three hours of ridership surge or only a...
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Michael Akulov
Jun 25, 20195 min
FELA v. Bike as a Commuter
What does cycling do for your personal mobility? Can its benefits be leveraged, and setbacks be mitigated or even solved? Let's see from...
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Michael Akulov
May 29, 20193 min
FELA as a Commuting Gym
The 10-20 km of daily commute in FELA equals an hour of daily moderate to vigorous workout in a gym, both for endurance and strength.
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Michael Akulov
Sep 10, 20183 min
Hedonic Sustainability via Effective Minimalism
A bit naïve, but a funny way to reduce the eco-footprint of a GDP-based economy by 14% is offered in the clip sequence "to do something,...
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Michael Akulov
Sep 10, 20184 min
FELA Mission Elaborated
It is a brief on the purpose, primary markets, and region of operation. It may include... fundamentals such as the values or premises,...
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Michael Akulov
Sep 10, 20183 min
Neglected FELA is as Good as Cherished
People differ; however, it’s hard to find a cyclist who sincerely claims that the best part of using a bike is cleaning, degreasing, and...
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