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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In terms of revenue passenger miles (for domestic flights) the lowest point was reached in April 2020 ( down 96% from April 2019). August travel data (the latest available) show that, compared with August 2019 data, there has been a decline of 8% (all corrected for population). 2020 minus 2019. 2021 minus 2019.

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2019 2020 Miles Michigan 210

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Among the variables included in my ongoing monthly monitoring of key transportation indexes are passenger miles for domestic flying and total road vehicle miles traveled. Change from 2019 to 2021. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. The results, adjusted for population, are shown in the table below. TSA inspections. -18%.

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2019 Michigan Miles 2020 186

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The study is to include, but not be limited to, strategies for reducing vehicle miles traveled, including increasing transit ridership. Study 2: Identify strategies to decrease demand and supply of fossil fuels, while managing the decline of fossil fuel use in a way that is economically responsible and sustainable.

California 150

California Universal Supplies Emissions 150

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JUNE 14, 2021

Among the variables included in my ongoing monthly monitoring of key transportation indexes is revenue passenger miles for domestic flying. Consequently, this brief analysis appends the monthly data for miles flown through March 2021 from my monthly monitoring with the number of TSA screenings through June 12, 2021. January 2020. +5.

United States 186

United States 2020 2019 Miles 186

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JULY 22, 2021

Among the variables included in my ongoing monthly monitoring of key transportation indexes is revenue passenger miles for domestic flying. Consequently, this brief analysis appends the monthly data for miles flown through April 2021 from my monthly monitoring with the number of TSA screenings through July 20, 2021. January 2020. +5.

United States 186

United States 2020 2019 Miles 186

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JULY 17, 2020

In this brief note, I examine the distances traveled by flying and driving in the United States in March and April 2020—the first two months of the current pandemic—and compare them with the corresponding distances in March and April 2019. The results are shown in the table below.

Motorcycles 186

Motorcycles 2019 Miles Transportation 186

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Vitesco Technologies, formerly (until September 2019) the Continental Powertrain Division, has started the market launch of its fully integrated electric axle drives (EMR3) for Dongfeng Passenger Car Corporation. —Gregoire Cuny, head of Vitesco Technologies in China.

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Corporation 2019 China Germany 243

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AUGUST 30, 2019

The Los Angeles megacity—the third-largest metropolitan area in the world—occupies 4,850 square miles and houses more than 18.5 2019) “The Hestia fossil fuel CO 2 emissions data product for the Los Angeles megacity (Hestia-LA),” Earth Syst. Data , 11, 1309–1335 doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1309-2019. million people.

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Los Angeles Emissions CO2 Arizona 230

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The vehicle is designed to enable more than 125 miles (201 km) driving range and can fully charge in three hours with SAE J1772 CCS DC fast charging. Proterra’s EV technology has been proven with more than 10 million service miles to date with its electric transit bus fleet.

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All-Electric Indianapolis Electric Electrical 259

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JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles.

Fleet 195

Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions 195

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JULY 22, 2019

Queen’s University Belfast researchers have discovered that the scaly-foot snail, otherwise known as the sea pangolin, is the first species at risk of extinction due to potential deep sea mining by humans. —Dr Julia Sigwart, Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Associate Director at Queen’s University Belfast’s Marine Laboratory.

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Mariner Ireland International Universal 249

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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. —Dustin Fry, MPH, a researcher at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Tabb, Gina S.

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Taxi Pollution Clean Cleaning 249

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APRIL 25, 2017

The GATEway Project, led by TRL and funded by government and industry, aims to demonstrate the use of automated vehicles for last-mile mobility, seamlessly connecting existing transport hubs with residential and commercial areas using a zero emission, low noise transport system.

Fleet 150

Fleet 2019 London Connect 150

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

Emissions 286

Emissions Diesel Ozone United States 286

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The 2019-2020 California State Budget authorizes $3 million for two studies focused on the state’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. The study shall include, but not be limited to, strategies for reducing vehicle miles traveled, including increasing transit ridership. Demand and Supply of Fossil Fuels.

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Carbon Transportation Fuel Vehicles 191

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JANUARY 9, 2019

The three-month effort is slated to begin in February 2019, and will focus on building high-definition, 3D maps for three demonstration routes within the city. mile loop covering J Street and L Street from 10th Street to 19th Street; The Sacramento State AV Shuttle Route, 1.2 The Franklin-24th Loop, 3.5

Sacramento 246

Sacramento Vehicles Miles Building 246

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JANUARY 6, 2019

Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Abhijith, K.V.,

Pollution 354

Pollution Wind Environment Green 354

Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

The famous English university town of Oxford has officially launched a fleet of 159 new battery-powered buses. The council is in the process of implementing traffic restrictions that are expected to reduce bus journey times by at least 10% compared with 2019 speeds, helping to ensure the viability of the private companies’ investment.

Charging 52

Charging London Fleet Electric 52

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

A family of five survived crashing their Tesla on the Bonneville Salt Flats while going at speeds over 100 miles per hour, Fox 13 reported. According to the Wendover Police Department’s Facebook page , a 2022 Tesla occupied by a family of five from Utah County was traveling over 100 miles per hour on the salt flats.

Utah 98

Utah Tesla BMW Miles 98

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

HydroFLEX is an innovative response to this challenge from Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham’s “Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education” (BCRRE). Testing and demonstration runs are planned for the summer of 2019 at RailLive, which will take place at Long Marston in Warwickshire.

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Power Powered Fuel Hydrogen 247

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APRIL 18, 2018

Electrify America will install electric vehicle fast chargers at more than 100 Walmart locations across 34 states by June 2019. Electric vehicle chargers that offer this kind of power deliver energy for up to 20 miles of range per minute, which is seven times faster than today’s 50 kW DC chargers.

America 258

America Installation DC Charging 258

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Penn State researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes. watt-hours, while the 60-degree-Celsius cell generated only 1.7 watt-hours.

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Li-ion Design Lithium Ion Charging 271

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

To explore how e-scooters are affecting road safety, IIHS researchers interviewed more than 100 e-scooter riders whose injuries brought them to the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, between March and November 2019. Shared e-scooters logged 86 million trips in the US in 2019.

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San Antonio Washington 2019 Denver 207

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

With no need to park, autonomous vehicles (AVs) will clog city streets and slow traffic to a crawl, according to a new paper by University of Santa Cruz transportation planner Adam Millard-Ball, an associate professor of environmental studies. —Millard-Ball (2019). Singapore and Stockholm employ similar models. 2019.01.003.

Price 230

Price San Francisco Cars Transportation 230

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AUGUST 5, 2019

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that while shared e-scooters may be greener than most cars, they can be less green than several other options, including, in some cases, buses. Johnson (2019) “Are E-Scooters Polluters? Their open-access paper is published in the journal E.nvironmental Research Letters.

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Transportation North Carolina Green Re-Charge 230

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MARCH 28, 2019

Scientists from the University of Maryland (UMD), Baidu Research and the University of Hong Kong have developed a photo-realistic simulation system for training and validating self-driving vehicles. But to ensure safety, autonomous vehicles must evaluate and respond to the driving environment without fail. Credit: Li et al. Resources.

Vehicles 220

Vehicles Environment Maryland 2019 220

Cars That Think

AUGUST 5, 2021

square-mile zone in western Beijing and last month opened a pilot program to the public covering a 60-square-mile district in the southern city of Guangzhou. Then, in December, AutoX launched a trial of driverless robotaxis in the southern city of Shenzhen and opened that service to the public in January this year.

China 108

China Industrial Industry Chinese 108

Teslarati

MAY 23, 2022

“The Formula SAE competitions challenge teams of university undergraduate and graduate students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and compete with small, formula-style vehicles. After being unveiled by Tesla in late 2019, the automaker delayed production from late 2020 to sometime in 2023 due to supply chain constraints.

Michigan 99

Michigan Tesla Design International 99

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MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Science Advances Vol. 5 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau2670.

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San Francisco Companies Taxi 2016 257

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AUGUST 26, 2019

A new study led by University of Chicago researchers finds an association between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders. Denmark tracks environmental quality indicators over much smaller areas (a little over one-quarter of a mile) than does the EPA. —Khan et al.

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Pollution Denmark United States Personal 259

Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2021

SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a several-thousand-mile journey from Florida to California. And the droneship is departing Port Canaveral on its way to California!

Bahamas 144

Bahamas California Panama Long Beach 144

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APRIL 9, 2019

A study by a team from North Carolina State University, with colleagues from the Urban Air Initiative and 3DATX Corporation, has shown that non-FFVs (flexible-fuel vehicles) can adapt to a mid-level ethanol blend—specifically E27. The study was commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. — Yuan et al. Weichang Yuan, H.

Vehicles 284

Vehicles Emissions North Carolina Gasoline 284

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

Volvo 131

Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2023

All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. This effort began in 2019. Nothing like this has ever been attempted on a large scale.

Taxi 95

Taxi Fort Worth Texas Universal 95

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APRIL 12, 2017

In early 2019, the four MODV, each with seating capacities ranging from 15 to 20 passengers, will be deployed in a pilot public trial to provide autonomous mobility-on-demand service to visitors to serve their intra-island travel needs in Sentosa.

Singapore 150

Singapore Engine Vehicles Asia 150

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. For instance, recent U.S.

Climate Change 136

Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 136

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AUGUST 28, 2019

The study looked at a variety of factors that can affect the relative performance of these vehicles, including the role of low temperatures in reducing battery performance; regional differences in average number of miles driven annually; and the different mix of generating sources in different parts of the US. Di Wu, Fengdi Guo, Frank R.

MIT 236

MIT Ford Vehicles Gasoline-Electric 236