Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, [link] to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Drexel University. exhaust emissions declined by 82% and 49%, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2019

In the past, pollution measurement has been relatively crude in terms of compositional, spatial, and temporal resolution. There have been significant improvements in the ability to conduct granular measurement of air pollutants, and this has enabled more awareness and more focused local policy actions, as addressed below. Globally, 4.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

The longitudinal study followed nearly 7,000 people aged 45 to 84 from six US regions: Winston-Salem, North Carolina; New York City; Baltimore; St. While the study finds an association between air pollution and atherosclerosis, researchers aren’t clear on why. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. —Meng Wang.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 19, 2024

This is actually something Cleveland has been working on for years, starting way back in 2015. In 2022, Mayor Justin Bibb introduced the fifteen-minute premise as a way to modernize the city, citing Paris as the example. However, the program hadn’t built the necessary momentum until the pandemic.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. Should the city encourage their use?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

This sustainability index, which was conducted by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), explores three key demands—social (People), environmental (Planet) and economic (Profit)—to develop an indicative ranking of 50 of the world’s leading cities based on 20 key indicators.

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