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CARB designing Sustainable Transportation Equity Project

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is designing the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project Program, and will hold its second program design workgroup in Los Angeles later this month.

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Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue three sustainable transportation technologies funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in Spring 2021.

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Tennessee DEC announces Sustainable Transportation Awards and Forum

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According to the US Energy Information Administration, transportation accounts for nearly 30 percent of Tennessee’s end-use energy consumption. In connection with Clean Air Month, TDEC will host a recognition ceremony and sustainable transportation forum on 7 May 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee. —Bob Martineau.

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Rhode Island’s DRIVE EV program encourages sustainable transport

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“There is a big push to go electric and to reduce the carbon footprint in Rhode Island,” Administrator for Clean Energy Transportation at the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, Sara Canabaro, said, according to WPRI. The post Rhode Island’s DRIVE EV program encourages sustainable transport appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

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—A Paradigm Shift Towards Sustainable Low Carbon Transport. The report assigns the blame for much of the observed failure in transport to the financial framework from which policies, programs and projects draw resources. restructure pricing incentives so users Pay for the full costs of transport consumption.

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. In addition, the program is working to reduce the cost of hydrogen from renewable resources to less than $4.00/gge—dispensed Within the $10.7 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8

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ITS-Davis study finds social influence a key element in transitioning to more sustainable transportation such as PHEVs

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Research from the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis (ITS-Davis) suggests it will take more than a reasonable price and good information to get consumers to make more sustainable transportation choices, such as the purchase of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). widespread action.

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