Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2018
In an effort to address growing traffic congestion and air quality concerns, UPS and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the deployment of an innovative downtown delivery pilot project using pedal-assist cargo eBikes and customized, modular trailers. In Washington, UPS uses 10 electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
Baua Electric
MARCH 26, 2024
Transit bus giant GILLIG has announced a new five-year contract with King County Metro, which serves the greater Seattle area. The buses operating out of this base will serve surrounding south King County communities, where air pollution levels are higher than in other parts of the region.”
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2020
Fleet operators surveyed as part of the study identified that access to public charging would accelerate deployment of electric vehicles because their trucks could use public sites to support their operations. A recent study also indicates that increases in particulate pollution is associated with higher death rates among COVID-19 patients.
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2016
A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al.
Green Car Congress
MAY 2, 2009
PetroCard , a fuels distributor, and Waste Management, a provider of comprehensive waste management services, announced the grand opening of a “Clean N’ Green Fuel” compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in South Seattle— the first public-access CNG facility in the city. Waste Management has 108 CNG trucks in their Seattle area fleet.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2017
The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Reduce the number of polluting vehicles on city streets.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2019
The technology allows the city to convert the fleet into part-time electric buses as an intermediate step to full electrification. The nine green zones are located in population-dense neighborhoods most affected by air pollution. Each of the zones have a large presence of traffic that is contributing to a high rate of air pollution.
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