It is rather well-known now that transportation is one of the leading causes of global warming pollution in the world, and especially in the United States. NASA actually reported in February that motor vehicles are the largest net contributor to global warming pollution. Now, a new scientific finding in the … [continued]
Combining two technologies that can help us to address global warming, air pollution, and water pollution, the City of Corona recently took an innovative step forward by installing solar panels on a bus shelter.
I always wondered about the economic efficiency of creating long, safe, underground tunnels for subway systems. Now, a Chinese company has decided that this traditional underground transit system isn’t as good as an innovative, overground system it has just designed. The company, Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co., has … [continued]
[social_buttons] Seems like just last week the World Cup was ending,.. oh yes, it was. But there is no vacation time for those planning the next one — they’re are already working away on how to get all the fans and teams around. Of course, if you have millions of … [continued]
[social_buttons] Starting at an amusement park in South Korea, but perhaps expanding much further in the future, a new type of large electric vehicle magnetically pulls power out of buried electrical strips under the road (or “recharging roads”). This online electric vehicle (OLEV) may be “one of the most significant … [continued]
A bus powered with solar energy. That gets my blood moving! SunPods Inc., a California-based manufacturer of modular, fully integrated and tested solar power generation systems, and Bauer Intelligent Transportation, a leading provider of chauffeured green transportation, recently teamed up to create what they say is the “first solar power-assist … [continued]
On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $600 million in awards for 191 transit projects across the nation. The transit projects are aimed at transforming the nation’s infrastructure and creating thousands of jobs. With this announcement, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) met its … [continued]
Mass transit is often associated with limitations. People have to plan when they leave based on when their bus, streetcar, light-rail, or commuter rail line leaves. They don’t have the ‘pleasure’ of circling around a parking lot trying to find the spot closest to the front door. They can’t easily … [continued]
Mojave Solar is taking local residents on a bus tour Wednesday to see the site of the proposed 250 MW solar thermal plant to be built near Barstow in the California Mojave desert. Mojave Solar is the US subsidiary of Spanish giant Abengoa Solar that won the bid to build … [continued]
