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JANUARY 13, 2011

The Barclays Cycle Superhighways are 12 radial routes aimed at making it safer and easier to commute by bike between outer and inner London on direct and continuous cycle routes. When looking at the total number of cyclists using both routes in October 2009 compared with October 2010, the number rose by 70%. Source: TfL.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Twelve Outer London boroughs will become Biking Boroughs, which means they will receive extra support and expertise from Transport for London (TfL) in a bid to encourage greater numbers of cyclists in their areas. million journeys a day, most of which are currently made by car.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in adults over 60, according to new research led by Imperial College London and Duke University. Environmental measurements were also collected, to track pollution levels and volunteers’ exposure.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Transport for London (TfL) recently announced a package of measures to tackle pollution levels at the busiest roads in central London. This kicks off with a small team of eco-marshals who will monitor taxi ranks at busy central London mainline stations and other on street ranks where air quality is particularly poor.

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JULY 19, 2010

The Mayor of London, Barclays and Transport for London (TfL) launched the first two Barclays Cycle Superhighways, which aim to help significantly increase the number of Londoners choosing pedal power for their daily commute. —The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Section of a Cycle Superhighway. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 5, 2011

UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has committed an additional £5 million (US$8 million) funding to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to help improve air quality in the capital. The funding is for a program of localized measures designed to improve London’s air quality and help compliance with legally binding European targets.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Olympic Delivery Authority has granted planning permission for a hydrogen refuelling facility to be built in east London—a major milestone in bringing a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell buses into service. Work is due to begin early in the New Year and should be complete by summer 2010.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, outlined plans for a number of changes to the Congestion Charge scheme next year. These measures would sit alongside the proposed removal of the Western Extension of the Zone ( earlier post ) and a range of mitigation measures, and would all be introduced by December 2010 subject to legal processes.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have announced £4 million (US$6.5 million) funding for Biking Boroughs to create cycle hubs and cycling communities in Outer London. Research shows how more than half of the trips in the Capital that could be made by bicycle are in Outer London&mash;a total of 2.4

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

The UK Government will set out its next steps for the future of high speed rail in Britain by the end of March 2010, Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis said as he saw the start of full service on Britain’s first high speed line. New high speed trains are serving 22 towns and cities using the new £5.8 billion (US$9.4 billion) line.

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MAY 1, 2014

Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. On the basis of CH 4 exhaust emissions factors, the CNGL Scenario results showed that fully 3% of LB-CNG bus fuel combustion (by mass) is incomplete when averaged over all London buses.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

While scarcity of rare earth elements (REE) in absolute terms is unlikely to be a concern, their future supply could be disrupted by technical, environmental and financial factors, according to a briefing note published by the Geological Society of London. Overcoming these challenges will take some time, as will reopening pre-existing mines.

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MARCH 29, 2023

—Professor Roy Harrison, corresponding author The team used data collected in from a monitoring station in Marylebone Road, in London. Air quality sampling at this site has produced the most comprehensive, long-term dataset in the world, containing data for particle mass and number dating back to 2010.

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JUNE 24, 2010

DHL Supply Chain and London Stansted Airport recently signed agreements to participate in Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power’s transportable high pressure hydrogen refuelling unit (HFuel).

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. Even though the CO 2 enhancements over background were comparable in the two years, about 25 ppm in 2002 and 35 ppm in 2010, the ?CO/?CO2 CO2 ratio for this flight track segment decreased from 24.5

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JULY 2, 2009

If they achieve at least a 6% improvement in their fuel efficiency, their BSOG rate will be increased, from first of April 2010, by 3%. New hybrid buses in London. From April 2009, bus operators have received an additional payment of six pence for each kilometer they operate with low carbon buses. The Optare Tempo hybrid.

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JULY 6, 2010

Accumulated fuel consumption over Cenex drive cycle for standard London taxi (TX2) and DuoDrive-equipped TX2 (blue line). a developer and manufacture of axial flux motors, hybrid drive trains and generator sets ( earlier post ), will demonstrate a plug-in hybrid version of the iconic London Black Cab featuring EVO’s DuoDrive system at the.

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MAY 4, 2011

The China project was similar to Air Products filling hydrogen buses at a fueling station in the Beijing Hydrogen Park during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which marked the first demonstration project for new-energy vehicles in China.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The report notes that on 8 March 2022, the London Metals Exchange (LME) abruptly halted trading in nickel, which had reached $100,000 per tonne. Between 2010 and 2021, worldwide nickel usage grew almost 90%. The LME events were a consequence of positions taken by Tsingshan based on expectations of falling prices.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Royal Automobile Club’s new initiative was staged as part of the 2010 LBVCR weekend to actively promote and demonstrate environmentally-friendly energy technologies. The Tata Indica Vista EVX completed the 58-mile journey from Brighton to London at an energy cost of £1.35 (US$2.18). Click to enlarge.

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London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. nk Global views London as a first market when it relaunches the Th!nk India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) will buy its latest batch of 50 hybrid buses from two vendors: Volvo (20 buses to be operated by Arriva) and Alexander Dennis (ADL) (10 to be operated by Metroline and 20 to be operated by London United). The new buses are a key element of TfL’s strategy to increase hybrid buses on London’s roads.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

An ‘Eco Car Spectacular’, part of the Start London party, will be held on The Mall, in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, on Sunday 12th September, 2010. Tags: Citroen electric car festival Start London Survolt. The Start Eco Car Spectacular will see [.].

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NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In London, Land Rover unveiled the New Range Rover Evoque luxury compact SUV. The original Range Rover Evoque made its debut in 2010. The new Evoque offers a choice of three- and four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline and diesel engines, a 48-volt mild-hybrid system (MHEV) and a 3-cylinder plug-in hybrid system (PHEV).

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney. The four vehicle manufacturers are BYD, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Nissan and Renault.

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Though The Who recorded their finest album in Leeds, they were from way down south in London. The Brera coupe was on the same platform as the Spider roadster, and was built for the 2005 through 2010 model years. You can get a bacon-and-sausage sandwich for just £4.20, and add a hot cup of tea for another £1.70.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

The bus—and several others nearing the 25,000-hour operating threshold—are part of a Transport for London fleet of 8 fuel cell buses, all powered by Ballard FCveloCity engines. Ballard’s seven generations of FCveloCity fuel cell engines have been deployed in buses in 15 countries on 5 continents during the past 10 years.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Reva focused on creating affordable electric cars through advanced technology and launched its first model in India in 2001 and in London in 2004. In May 2010, the US $15.4 Mahindra Reva was founded in 1994 as the Reva Electric Car Company, a joint venture between the Maini Group of Bangalore and AEV LLC of USA.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Launched in January 2019, Uber’s Clean Air Plan aims to tackle air pollution by helping drivers upgrade to an electric vehicle through the introduction of a Clean Air Fee: 15p a mile is added on to all London journeys which will help drivers with the cost of adopting an electric vehicle.

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APRIL 29, 2018

In 2010, São Paulo constructed a beltway along sparsely populated areas that are 25 kilometers away from the city center. Other world megacities such as London, Paris, New Delhi and Singapore may stand to gain similarly by limiting the circulation of diesel vehicles in the cities, particularly during the day when people are out and about.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The bid evaluation committee chose BYD amongst a pool of 5 bidders for its successful 12-meter electric bus, which is already used in cities such as London, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, etc. To better satisfy market demands, BYD plans to build a new local manufacturing plant in Argentina.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) has opened a consultation to defer the date that the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) regulations are expanded to effect larger vans, minibuses, motor caravans and other specialist vehicles. Plans to defer the introduction of the new regulations from 4 October 2010 to 3 January 2012, are to be considered to give [.].

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JANUARY 2, 2011

In February 2010, British Airways, in partnership with Solena, will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. In November 2010, Solena Group signed a letter of intent with Rentech, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 12, 2023

LONDON — World miner Glencore, Stellantis and Volkswagen Crew’s battery unit PowerCo have yes to again a $1 billion do business in by means of blank-cheque treasure ACG Acquisition Corporate to shop for two mines in Brazil, ACG stated.

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MAY 22, 2018

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Imperial College London, set out to investigate the associations between using alternatives to the car which are more active for commuting and non-commuting purposes, and illness and mortality.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. But from 2010 to 2012, the. between 2010 and 2012—a difference of 1,500 cu. a decline of. km (1,032 cu.

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JULY 1, 2019

The growth in road passenger transport is estimated at 16% during 2010-2030 and at 30% for 2010-2050. In some urban areas, such as London, commuters lose up to 100 hours per year in congestion. Road freight transport is projected to increase by 33% by 2030 and 55% by 2050.

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