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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

The Truth About Cars

The purpose of these cities is basically to set up neighborhoods so that anything residents want or need is within a 15-minute walk -- thus reducing automobile traffic. And I spent significant time in Baltimore from 2015-2018 -- driving in Maryland is an experience that I'd not wish on my enemies. Boston is bad, too.

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Study: California’s cap-and-trade air quality benefits go mostly out of state

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The open-access study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine , assessed emissions and environmental-equity patterns of greenhouse gases and associated air pollutants between 2011 and 2012, before the start of California’s cap-and-trade program, versus from 2013 through 2015, after carbon trading began. Cushing et al. 1002604.

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California ARB approves cap-and-trade amendments; linking with Ontario

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The Board action includes adopting amendments that have been in development since late 2015, and were first heard by the Board in September 2016. The Canadian province is expected to link with California’s program in 2018, becoming the second jurisdiction to join California following Quebec in 2014.

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ICCT report highlights importance of California ZEV mandate for EV policies worldwide, recommends steps forward

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Recent estimates for fuel cell vehicles show the cost dropping from several hundred thousand dollars today to roughly $75,000 in 2015 and $50,000 or less in 2020. With regard to future deployment targets, for Phase V (2018–2021) ARB staff has proposed a target increasing from 1.5% —“Task 4: Complementary Policies.

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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

Priority given to recently closed facilities or facilities in danger of closing SEC 133 Inclusion of Electric Drive in Energy Policy Act of 1992 Adds PHEVs, hybrids, and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to list of those vehicles receiving credit under Epact fleet requirements.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area, to which it must be returned at the end of the reservation. Ford purchased Spin, a dockless scooter-sharing company in 2018 and has been working at growing it in U.S.

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UCLA orders all-electric shuttle bus powered by Motiv Power Systems

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Developed in partnership with Commercial Fleet Financing, the shuttle bus is projected to be delivered in early 2018. The first set of Motiv-powered shuttle buses were placed in operation for the City of Mountain View, California in 2015.