May 20th, 2019 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Urban areas that are designed to shape and enable new mobility — by rethinking streets, parking, and more — can lower emissions, enhance health, and improve equity. Experimentation is key to best realize the potential of new mobility while avoiding negative and unintended consequences. Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI’s) recent report, Cities Designed to Shape and Enable New Mobility, describes the concept of MOD Cities — living test sites where local municipal governments, developers, financiers, vehicle manufacturers, mobility service providers, and urban designers and architects actively collaborate to co-innovate at the nexus of urban design, vehicles, and new mobility services. MOD Cities would put people first and be seamlessly integrated with the communities and urban fabric at their edges
April 25th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
According to a new report from the Environment America Research & Policy Center, solar power capacity doubled in most American cities in the last six years. Bret Fanshaw, the Director of the Go Solar campaign at Environment America, answered some questions about the growth for CleanTechnica
January 10th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Uber has hired Celina Mikolajczak, formerly a senior battery engineer at Tesla, to work on advanced battery technologies for its flying taxi program. It expects to begin service in Dubai, Dallas, and Los Angeles in a few years.
July 10th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
To try to improve the efficiency and service of mass transit in its jurisdiction, the Dallas City Council is going where few transit decisionmakers tread — it's replacing half of its appointees to the transit board with people who actually use transit for their commuting needs
November 29th, 2016 | by Cynthia Shahan
Riding public transportation is a vital means of saving money, money that can much more happily be spent on other things than on owning, driving, and maintaining a car. Transit riders can forget about auto insurance, car payments, fuel costs, tuneups at the mechanic, expensive broken car parts, etc
August 31st, 2016 | by James Ayre
One of the primary issues holding up the wider buildout of mass transit options such as light rail doesn’t have [&hellip
February 29th, 2016 | by Sponsored Content
North America’s leading commercial wind operations and maintenance event, Wind O&M Dallas 2016*, is gearing up for April 12 and 13. [&hellip
December 16th, 2015 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. The city of Dallas, Texas, is now the first city in the US to possess [&hellip
October 2nd, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
Here’s some more fun Tesla Model X, electric vehicle, and clean transport news for you: Google Cofounder Sergey Brin Gets [&hellip
September 28th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
Need more clean transportation news? Of course you do! Check out these stories: Artega Unveils “Scalo” Electric Sports Car Amongst [&hellip
September 9th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
This is an epic “clean transport highlights.” Hold onto your seats. (As always, click the subheadings to read the full [&hellip
August 9th, 2015 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. Some of the factors contributing to the relatively fast adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in [&hellip
March 27th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
Some more clean transport news and views for your enjoyment: Tesla Motors Tesla Navigation Update Echoes Better Place System Of [&hellip
December 20th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
Matt Johnson created a nice graphic/map for streetcar lovers that shows all the streetcar systems that are open or under construction [&hellip
November 29th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
Saving money on transportation is always helpful, especially if we blunt air pollution at the same time. Any time of [&hellip
August 6th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Amtrak’s 13-year-old Acela trains have made a huge difference to commuting and other travel along the busy Northeast corridor between Boston [&hellip
July 30th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson
Developers are conducting an environmental assessment for a planned Houston-Dallas bullet train much like the Japanese original (and inspired by it)
April 26th, 2014 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on GM-Volt. So, as I’ve posted in this sub-forum, BMW has been carting a number of i3s around to [&hellip
December 14th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Climate Progress. By Andrew Breiner. The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to require any gas wells to be placed at [&hellip
November 5th, 2013 | by Silvio Marcacci
On October 1, Dallas, Texas implemented the first mandatory minimum green building regulations outside of California in an aggressive effort to cut citywide power and water consumption en route to its goal of carbon neutrality by
June 4th, 2013 | by Amber Archangel
UPDATE: Multiple tornadoes touched down in the St. Louis region Friday night and caused damage to several Lambert–St. Louis International Airport [&hellip
May 24th, 2013 | by Amber Archangel
The Solar Impulse, flying from Phoenix to Dallas this week, set an absolute distance world record for solar-powered aviation. The departure [&hellip
May 22nd, 2013 | by Amber Archangel
Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, took off today, Wednesday May 22nd, at 4:45AM MST (UTC-7) from Phoenix Sky Harbor [&hellip
October 31st, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has published the October transit savings report, in which you can see exactly how much cheaper public transportation is (not counting the potential peace of mind from not being stuck in endless traffic jams)
