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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Ford Cleveland Engine Plant begins production of twin-scroll 2.0L and 2.3L EcoBoost engines

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liter EcoBoost engines for North America at its Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. liter EcoBoost engine is available in the all-new Ford Edge, launching in first quarter of 2015. The investment in Cleveland shifted North American production to Ohio, leaving Ford’s Valencia Engine Plant as the exclusive production location of 2.0-liter

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Ford EcoBoost US sales up 46% year-to-date; tracking to top 1 million in US in 2015 for 1st time

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Ford expects 2015 will be the first year in which EcoBoost-equipped vehicles in the United States exceed 1 million sales. For 2015, EcoBoost is available on every non-hybrid light-duty passenger vehicle in Ford’s US lineup. To meet demand for the 2.0-liter liter now powering one in five Ford vehicles sold in Europe.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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However, a rapid price decline beginning in October led to US average regular gasoline prices ending the year lower than they began for the first time since 2015, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Midwest (Chicago and Cleveland). US regular retail gasoline prices averaged $2.72 gal at least once in 2018.

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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

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Matt wrote earlier about 15-minute cities by featuring plans being made in Cleveland. And I spent significant time in Baltimore from 2015-2018 -- driving in Maryland is an experience that I'd not wish on my enemies. Other drivers wouldn't let them in, and two lanes of traffic got clogged. Boston is bad, too.

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Ford builds 2-millionth EcoBoost engine, with take rates growing globally; expected to exceed Ford’s global diesel production

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liter EcoBoost to 1,000 engines per day, and is investing $200 million in its Cleveland, Ohio plant to build the 2.0-liter This year, EcoBoost will be available on more than 90% of North American nameplates, rising to 95% by 2015. Ford doubled Cologne, Germany, production of 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost in the US. Production. liter and 2.0-liter

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Alcoa opens 3D printing metal powder plant

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Through this expansion, announced in September 2015, Alcoa will develop materials with the specific properties needed to 3D print high-performance components. Alcoa is piloting the technique in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Metal powders used for 3D printing durable, high-quality aerospace parts are available in limited quantities.

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