Not enough EV & bike news for you this week? Here’s a bit more: EVs & Hybrids Nissan Leaf Has Its 2nd-Best Sales Month, Volt Declines Volvo Completes Flywheel Hybrid Tests BYD Going 100% Electric & Hybrid To Save Company Federal Government To Double Hybrid Fleet Video: Rear-Wheel Drive Electric … [continued]
Reposted from Bikocity: There are over a dozen B-cycle bike-sharing programs across the U.S. Until now, however, membership would just be good for the city in which you signed up. That’s going to change this week. Annual memberships will now be valid in all 15 locations in which B-cycle is … [continued]
A new survey from the green business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) has identified more than 300 new clean energy and transportation projects, all announced in 2012, that are expected to create 110,000 green jobs in the U.S. The news should help perk up opponents of the proposed Keystone XL tar … [continued]
It may seem ironic for a state that enacted a ban on sea level rise, but renewables and energy efficiency have boosted North Carolina’s economy by creating thousands of new jobs, saving millions of megawatt hours of energy, and generating billions in state revenue since 2007…
Seven research teams in six states will lead public-private initiatives to develop and apply new “Big Data” analytical tools that aim to accelerate deployment and realize further costs reductions for solar PV.
Canada’s capital got on board with a $2.1 billion light rail plan this week. A 12.5 kilometer, 13 station light rail system in Ottawa — to be called the Confederation Line — is expected to be fully-functional in 2018. The unanimous vote comes after a 2006 light rail about-face. … [continued]
Government officials recently signed on for a 9.3-mile expansion of Charlotte’s Lynx light rail system. Scheduled to be completed by 2017, the Blue Line expansion will connect the distantly located campus of UNC Charlotte with the large urban center in the Queen City, which has a population of around … [continued]
A bipartisan poll of 800 Americans shows that most want more transportation options, think their community would benefit from improved public transport, and support local investment in public transit. Who wants to spend hours alone in their car, burning expensive, dirty gasoline? Fewer and fewer of us. Americans sound … [continued]
As I discussed yesterday, it looks like streetcars are making a comeback. Curious about which cities are on the move? The Community Streetcar Coalition held a summit earlier this year in Alexandria, Virginia where it brought together people working to get new streetcars running in 22 cities across the nation. … [continued]
Well, it has been a long time coming, but the US is finally putting some money into high-speed rail (HSR)! Obama put a strong focus on this in his State of the Union speech last night — “From the first railroads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always … [continued]
