Tag Archives: urban

Foundations for More Fascist Financing

2011-7-1 – 10:23 am

…The absence of any positive share of national income growth due to wages and salaries received by American workers during the current economic recovery is historically unprecedented.”

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Taxi of Tomorrow

2011-5-4 – 12:15 pm

New York Taxi and Limo Commission chose the Nissan NV200 over the Ford Focus Hybrid, which has been tested extensively since 2005 and also over the Turkish Karsan.

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An Ice Free Planet

2011-1-23 – 1:15 pm

Hansen and Sato warn that increasing forcing and amplifying feedbacks could mean “doubling time for the rate of mass disintegration, [and not] a linear rate of mass change.”

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Urban Transit Light Rail Grows

2010-12-27 – 5:50 pm

“The trains look more like streetcars than anything else. They’re only one or two cars long, and are electrically powered. The narrow footprint of light rail cars allows them to be put in dense urban areas.”

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Seoul Public Transportation System commits to electric drive

2010-12-27 – 2:26 pm

SMG has replaced 5 buses on the Namsan circular routes with electric vehicles and plans to substitute all 14 buses with electric coaches.

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San Francisco to solarize 300 bus stops

2010-12-7 – 10:49 am

Solar shades are are part of overall greater BIPV growth fostered by incentives.

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A Bus with a High Energy Density Battery and a High Power Battery

2010-12-2 – 6:57 pm

NaS batteries operate at high temperatures, which could be an advantage for Northern cities like Toronto.

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Northeast Corridor Gets Upgrade in Electric Locomotives

2010-10-30 – 9:07 pm

“The purchase is part of an Amtrak plan unveiled last February to replace and expand its entire fleet over the next 30 years.”

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Cold-ironing in Tacoma

2010-10-29 – 9:17 pm

Like the airline industry, the shipping industry is fighting against efforts to curb its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. There is little inducement from the countries where these ships are registered.

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Bay Area to get e-Taxi

2010-10-29 – 8:26 pm

While taxi companies are seeing years of service and savings from hybrid taxis, battery-powered all-electric taxis represent a more stringent test of this form of propulsion.

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