Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

3 weeks ago | skimag.com | Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

Meet Ydwer van der Heide, a world-renowned action sports photographer who won't let his paralyzed legs stop him from skiing.

3 weeks ago | skimag.com | Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Our group was about halfway down the 2,700-foot mountain when we noticed the ring of headlamps pooling bright white light on the snow. It was barely four in the afternoon, but being four degrees above the Arctic Circle in early January, the sun was long gone.

4 weeks ago | memoirland.substack.com | Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

The photo has hung on every refrigerator we’ve shared as a couple. Eight-by-ten and glossy, its white paper frame grows more yellow with each passing year. Her hands are white-knuckled around the safety bar, her upper body almost doubled over as if that might provide some protection, should the Cyclone’s old white wood finally snap after nearly a century of fun. Her eyes are closed tight, teeth clenched shut, waiting for the first drop to rise in her lower stomach. She does not like this.

1 month ago | bicycling.com | Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

After selling off our second car last year, my wife and I decided to invest in an e-bike—a cargo model with a bench over the rear wheel perfect for towing our two young kids around our hilly town. Before that, I was hauling them in a tow-behind trailer hitched to my bombproof commuter bike. But as my kids grew, so did the combined weight I was lugging—over a hundred pounds—and getting to downtown Chapel Hill, NC, required a one-mile climb with pitches over twelve percent.

1 month ago | wired.jp | Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

1月5日に導入された「渋滞税」は、ニューヨーク市に大きな影響を及ぼした。最も顕著なのは、ミッドタウンとロウアー・マンハッタンにおける渋滞の緩和である。 また、周辺の歩行者が増えたことで、実店舗を構える小売店には恩恵をもたらした。地下鉄に乗る人が増えた結果、電車内での犯罪が減った。渋滞税はピーク時に乗用車1台あたり平均9ドル（約1,300円）、大型トラックには21.60ドル（約3,200円）以上かかるため、同市も財政的な恩恵を受けている。導入初月の収入は4,860万ドル（約70億円）となり、当初予想の4,000万ドル（約60億円）を大幅に上回った。 渋滞税の目覚ましい成功のニュースは、トランプ大統領が同プログラムを廃止すると発表したことで影が薄れたが、多くの専門家は大統領のこの試みは成功しないだろうと見ている。 サイクリストが語る街の変化 渋滞税は、ニューヨークの路上を行き交うサイクリストたちの生活を快適にした。通勤者、配達員、宅配業者、趣味で自転車に乗る人──マンハッタンを自転車で走るすべての人々が、かつて危険視していた場所の状況が、少しずつ改善されているのだ。...