by Sara Greenwald | May 12, 2019 | Blog Item, Uncategorized
London and Amsterdam phasing out diesel cars The first step in the program, to be implemented next year, is the banning of diesel cars built before 2005. In London, where congestion pricing has charged all drivers for entering a portion of the city center since 2003,...
by Sara Greenwald | May 3, 2019 | Blog Item, Uncategorized
Uber switches filing that lists transit as a competitor By Matt McFarland, CNN Business, Apr 26, 2019 Uber updated its S-1 filing on Friday ahead of its IPO and largely eliminated references to competing with public transportation. The move follows criticism from...
by Sara Greenwald | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog Item, Uncategorized
Self-Driving Cars Need to be Steered in a Climate-Smart Direction Shared electric AVs whisking folks safely and efficiently to and from destinations and transit stops could be great. Easy solo gas-AV rides on a whim, not so much. Which will happen? Read the article....
by Sara Greenwald | Sep 28, 2018 | Blog Item, Uncategorized
China, Britain, France, India, and other nations have announced plans to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines and incentivize electric vehicle use at the national level. Meanwhile, some cities have passed measures to eliminate ICE vehicles within their...
by Sara Greenwald | May 16, 2018 | Front_temporary, Blog Item, Issues, Uncategorized
Should Transit Be Free? This article reports on research about the effect on ridership of making transit free, and concludes that it isn’t always a good idea, and goes on to review other ways cities enhance and nourish their transit systems. A few tidbits: In Dunkirk,...
by Sara Greenwald | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
We meet monthly. Most of the time we’re Zooming to reduce our carbon footprint and the meeting is on an evening or weekend, but make sure to RSVP so we can let you know the specifics. The agendas feature speakers, special events, strategy discussions, reports on...
