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Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

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It means more seats on the Tube, less competition for a parking place and fewer cars in front of yours at the lights. TfL (Transport for London) is conducting off-site trials of new, cyclist-friendly innovations, such as “Dutch-style” roundabouts and eye-level traffic lights for cyclists.

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

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of sales through 2015 (assuming sales of 12 million light-duty vehicles per year, according to the report. and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015. Think City EV. Conventional hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have been on sale in the US for more than ten years; new vehicle hybrid sales in 2010 were approximately 2.5%.

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