June 23rd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Norway is on track to meet its carbon emissions goal established 8 years ago, thanks in large part to increased sales of electric cars and a decline in gasoline and diesel fuel usage.
May 26th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
KIA is reportedly working on an all electric micro-car similar to the Citroen Ami that would substitute for public transportation in an era where health concerns make people leery of using mass transit options.
October 5th, 2019 | by Sponsored Content
Electric power systems in electric buses have excellent operating parameters, are quiet and highly efficient, and make it possible to recover energy while braking. Yet to make these electric power systems more available to the public transportation sector, there needs to be a better focus on extended range
March 8th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Officials in Las Vegas are close to approving an underground transportation link to service the Las Vegas Convention Center. If all goes well, the plan could extend through the downtown area and out to McCarran airport.
February 27th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
GO Transit in Toronto has begun a spirited new marketing campaign designed to get more people to ride the bus. Kudos for taking a creative, innovative approach to an often dull subject.
September 5th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Navigant Research says the market for electric buses is growing, but not as fast as it could and not in all markets. Incentives are a big part of the story.
July 23rd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Waymo has amassed 5 billion simulated autonomous miles and more than 8 million real world miles in autonomous vehicles on its way to becoming the largest taxi and limousine company in the US. But it has more on its mind than just self driving cars.
May 21st, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Is the future of public transportation electric buses, autonomous shuttles, or self driving cars and ride-hailing networks? The answers are far from clear.
April 23rd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The two largest public transportation companies serving Paris and its surrounding areas -- Îl de France Mobilités and RATP -- have embarked on a bold new initiative to make all the buses in their fleets zero emissions by
December 18th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Elon Musk has some unkind things to say about the state of public transportation today. His remarks did not sit well with transportation engineers and urban planners.
February 4th, 2016 | by Kyle Park Points
Originally published on Gas2. With the new year of 2016 well underway, how well have you kept your new year’s [&hellip
February 11th, 2015 | by Steve Hanley
Originally published on ExpertSure. Here are some interesting statistics about how urban dwellers get around today. Americans rode public transportation [&hellip
November 27th, 2014 | by Leon Kaye
While electric vehicles score a lot of press as we search for less carbon-intensive public transportation, finding alternatives to diesel-fueled [&hellip
November 9th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
Congested cities, troubling unemployment due to the absence of transit, and environmental issues from automobile pollution all point towards the [&hellip
November 9th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
Social and economic equality and inequality have many root causes. A paper published in the mid-196os examined the “spatial-mismatch hypothesis.” John Kain, an [&hellip
September 18th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Intuitively, people concerned about the environment have reasoned that riding a bike or taking public transit offer more ecological benefits [&hellip
September 11th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
A year ago, the city of Suwon in South Korea motivated people to encounter life from another vantage point. In [&hellip
March 14th, 2014 | by Silvio Marcacci
America's clean energy economy created nearly 80,000 green jobs across nearly every state in 2013, but overall job growth fell 30% due to uncertain policy
June 6th, 2013 | by Joshua S Hill
The Mineta Transportation Institute released a survey on Monday at the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Annual Rail Conference that shows [&hellip
February 18th, 2013 | by Chelsea
Charge up those metro passes because the savings from riding public transport can equal big bucks during this time of [&hellip
