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FTA selects 7 projects to receive $22.5M in grants for battery-electric and fuel cell buses, infrastructure

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FTA awarded the FY 2015 funds after a competitive review process that prioritized transit agencies and bus manufacturers with strong records in building, deploying, and operating clean buses and infrastructure. Partnering with the University of Utah, these buses will serve the route connecting the campus to Salt Lake City.

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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Iona University , in New Rochelle, N.Y. Mancino earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1951 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. A decade later he earned a master’s degree in engineering from Drexel University , in Philadelphia.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. However, the company pulled the plug on U.S. Zipcar’s potential is enormous. One million U.S.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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“Although Hyperloop will be fast, the systems we are building will accelerate with the same tolerable G-forces as that of taking off in a Boeing 747,” and acceleration and deceleration will be gradual with no G-forces and turbulence it added. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? ” Now the real question.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. This reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density. — Landis et al.