As I understand it the car industry is asking for support to develop more efficient models. It is better that people should buy more efficient models than less...
On Behalf Of chuwa http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_298587. html This is the strongest signal from LTA in Singapore. The...
Edition no. 61 - November 2008 - English version ........................................................... Contents: QUOTATION OF THE MONTH IN THE NEWS WORLD...
??? Old Mobility is apparently not dead yet. Eric Britton World's 10 Best Commutes Matt Woolsey, 10.28.08, 6:00 PM ET You can arm yourself with an iPod full...
Thanks to Jack Becker for the heads-up. Eric Britton The Toronto Star A Canadian in Amsterdam discovers the downside of a cyclist's paradise; It's exhilarating...
**from ***Center for Transportation Excellence* *Voters Approve More than $75 Billion for Transportation 74% of Transportation Measures Pass* ** Voters across...
Propositon KK was on the Ballot in Berkeley -- remember we're the same people who blocked all developoment around the North Berkley BART (Metro) station -- to...
Lee Schipper
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Nov 6, 2008 10:13 am
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Hi again, Two important transit measured which passed in California were the high-speed line <http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/> already mentioned, but also...
Hi, Will they listen to our ideas? From their press release: "Nissan firmly believes the solution to sustainable mobility can be achieved with electric...
It is simply not the case that a vote against high-speed rail was a vote against public transit. The state of California is even more deeply in debt than most...
michael lewyn
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Nov 6, 2008 5:31 pm
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Behalf Of Morten Lange Hi, There are laws about untruthful advertising, for instance in the UK. Is it not timely to use those laws against greenwashing in the...
Consumers seem generous at the ballot box, but the US share of commuting on transit is still low, largely because most Americans don't live In transit friendly...
Lee Schipper
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Nov 6, 2008 9:40 pm
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Electric cars are only free of CO2 if the electricity is generated from clean sources. Is that the case in Yokohama? The important thing is to reduce the...
... =v= Well, I'd take that even farther. You've truly got to consider all the electric sources in the local grid, because the more "clean" energy devoted to...
Let me 2nd Stephen's remark. Seems like veryone is claiming "the green electrons" -- the all electric folks, the plug in hybrid folks etc. A few of our...
Lee Schipper
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Nov 7, 2008 7:55 am
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... I AM fairly certain you are underestimating the carbon emissions created when nuclear energy is generated. From: ...
Exactly. I am an advocate of making biogas from waste (hopefully eventually not supporting the meat and dairy industries) but I know that in gas form drivers...
"This then begs the question some of us asked during the ZEV mandate discussion in California -- why not FIRST go to fueled cars that are small, slow, safe,...
Lee Schipper asks whether people will use plug in cars in electric or liquid fuel modes. Surely they will have every incentive to do the former as long as ...
Jim Dyer took the letters right out of my fingers! I will copy to ao group of our students who are puzzling over thee same issues aboutt PHEV Lee Schipper,...
Lee Schipper
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Nov 8, 2008 10:58 am
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Kudos to Simon, too for catchign the other little rub in the tax system. BTW don't forget that compressed natural gas doesn't face road taxes in the US. And...
Lee Schipper
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Nov 8, 2008 10:58 am
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Obama? "Change"? The smart thing to do would be to strengthen the public transportation, bicycle and... proximity industries. I am not holding my breath Making...
The headline is an unfortunate attention grabber giving the impression that this is a new issue ... whereas it is well known if not common sense. Indeed much...
At the end of the day, policy in this area has to be driven by common sense and a firm knowledge of behavioral psychology and culture. Reinforced of course by...
From: chuwa [mailto:chuwasg@...] Wouldn't it be nice if all future cars come with two-mode: 1) city-mode that can not exceed 30kph (or whatever the city...
*Jakarta air getting healthier: Official http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20081115.C02&irec=1 * City News - Saturday, November 15, 2008 ...
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