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Most people will be surprised, but Italy was the first country in the world to build motorways.
In fact, the A8 “Milano-Laghi” motorway (“Milan-Lakes”, as it connects the city of Milan to Lake Como and Maggiore) was completed in 1926. Time has passed and all developed nations now boast wide motorway networks, [...]
For those familiar with big cities, they are well aware of the ever present taxi sluggishly moving through the streets and making frequent stops. Obviously they emit plenty if air emissions. Better Place, who are a leading electric vehicles service provider with the support of the U.S. [...]
From: Crisp Green, Clean Techies — As the Obama Administration pushes for high-speed rail networks across the country, Germany’s Siemens has secured a place for its Valero ICE trains in the Sunshine State.
Earlier this month, Siemens presented its vision of U.S. high-speed rail to the people of Florida with the “Future of Florida High-Speed Rail [...]
Strangely enough Edison had one of the first electric vehicles and Detroit made them until World War II. Then they died until in the 1990s some electric battery driven cars were recreated as something brand new to the marketplace. Then they withered and were reborn again in the [...]
Andy Soos, ENN — Not everyone can drive to work in their own vehicle. Planners must find ways to blend individual vehicles with the needs of mass transportation. Building train stations or subways is highly capital intensive and involves years of construction and related delays due to construction. [...]
July 20, 2010, Andy Soos, ENN — Pending court approval, several companies affiliated with National Car Rental will pay a fine of $475,000 for repeated violations of motor vehicle idling regulations at two New England airports: Logan International in Boston, Mass. and Bradley International near Hartford, Conn. What is so [...]
Propane van cuts greenhouse gas emissions, matches performance
WASHINGTON (May 4, 2010) — At the American Public Transportation Association’s 2010 Bus & Paratransit Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, Roush Performance, with support from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), today showcased a 2010 Ford E-350 propane-fueled van that cuts carbon and particulate emissions while delivering the [...]
Deal with Climate Change
There are some things that speak louder, and more clearly, than anyone could have imagined. But the UN Foundation has done just that for climate change. They created a full deck of playing cards featuring a selection of the words from the more than 2,000 text, photo and video submissions (from more [...]
Getting to a sustainable, durable economy means asking the right questions. Anna Jaffe, in a quest to build the right car, is building a network to do just that.
We say “right car” because her project began where so few projects do: what is the question? What would the right car look like?
We recently had the [...]
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Maine’s first utility-scale wind energy facility ...
Solar installations will stall this year, but make ...
