As our own Jennifer Sensiba recently pointed out, “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” is an established economic principle— but it’s also a pretty well established principle in physics, too. Basically, you can’t get something for nothing, and there’s no such thing as free lunch energy. Or … [continued]
Clean Transportation in PA: Big Questions for 2022 | This blog was co-authored with Will Bernstein, Climate Advisor to the City of Pittsburgh.
Volvo is switching from over-the-road trucks to rail transport to move cars between its factories and storage depots across Europe, China, and the United States, and the results are more impressive than you might think!
The potential for a reasonably easy to solve distribution network is part of what leaves the door open for hydrogen for trains. The other part is fossil fuel interests lobbying for a hydrogen future.
Right in the middle of “Made in America” week, the iconic US railroad company — and major coal hauler — CSX pronounced the death of fossil fuels.
While it looked like Atlanta, Georgia’s Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) was on its way to receiving much-needed funding and updates, the bill that would have enabled this was killed in the legislature late last week. It was reported that the bill would have allowed Fulton, Dekalb, and Clayton … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here … [continued]
Intuitively, people concerned about the environment have reasoned that riding a bike or taking public transit offer more ecological benefits than driving a car, especially when they’re traveling alone. Now the University of California and the New York-based international nonprofit Institute for Transportation and Development Policy have provided some heady … [continued]
E-ticket usage will increase three-fold by the year 2018 — with more than 18 billion transport and events tickets being delivered to mobile devices annually by that point — according to a new report from Juniper Research. Growth is expected in nearly all markets, according to the report, but the … [continued]
Mass transit, rail in particular, is likely to be incredibly beneficial as we move further into the 21st Century. Recent studies have shown that traffic congestion does in fact get worse in specific situations if mass transit is affected (by strikes or natural events). Furthermore, in a world striving to reach … [continued]
