Catching up on some top clean transport news, below are 9 electric vehicle (EV) and 11 bike stories we wouldn’t want you to miss, and one more rogue transportation story. Of course, check out our Clean Transportation category for the top EV and bike stories of the week. Electric Vehicles … [continued]
Trains are fun. There is no other way to look at it than that. Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) nailed it: “Ooh, I love trains!” They’re big, powerful, sleek, and beautiful to watch as they power past. And they can be highly efficient as well, as the 70 new Amtrak Cities Sprinter … [continued]
Here are some top cleantech (and fossil fuel) stories from around the Interwebs. Enjoy. Solar Power Construction Starts On Solar-Powered Stadium In France Masdar Launches Africa’s Largest Solar PV Power Plant World’s Largest Solar Power Plant May Use First Solar &/Or Yingli Solar Modules… Or Not Shea Homes & SolarCity … [continued]
Here are some more cleantech and climate policy stories we wouldn’t want you all to miss: Clean Energy First Solar Becomes Desertec Investor Clean Power Finance Partners Comprise Up To 80 Percent Of Major U.S. Residential Solar Companies Helping Schools Finance Solar Webinar: How Racking And Mounting Make Perfect Cents … [continued]
Aside from our own clean transport posts this week, here are some top clean transport stories from the week: Electric Vehicles Tesla Model S With 60 kWh Battery Rated At 208 Miles: “Tesla Motor’s novel approach to selling its all-electric Model S with different battery sizes has made it far … [continued]
Amtrak ridership on its four Illinois routes has surged by 75% (totaling 2.1 million users) in only six years. This might be why it has decided to increase the speed of its high-speed rail service between Chicago and St. Louis, which is aimed at reducing travel time by up to an … [continued]
Amtrak has now broken its ridership record for the ninth time in the last ten years, transporting an enormous quantity of 31.2 million passengers during the twelve months before September 30, 2012. News of this record-breaking growth is coming out right in the middle of an election year, of … [continued]
NYC to DC in under 100 minutes. Trains reaching 220 mph. Customers clamoring to book tickets on this beautiful beast of modern transport. It sounds like a dream, and it’ll probably remain in fantasy land with the nightmarish price tag of $151 billion. The Chicago Tribune reported that by … [continued]
Finally! I love seeing and writing on great rail news in China and Europe, but it always makes me think of how far behind the U.S. is. Taking a step closer to these transportation leaders, Amtrak recently announced it is going to spend nearly half a billion dollars on 70 … [continued]
Transportation is one of the biggest parts of our lives, whether we think about it or not. How will 2010 help shape the future of transportation in the US? How should it do so? And, more specifically, what is going on in government on this matter? With an expired (in … [continued]
