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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

From an environmental perspective, urban transportation — public and private combined — leaves much to be desired. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation accounted for 27% of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Are You Ready To Drive Your City Forward?

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Robert Cervero, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, shares Dr. Heywood’s view that it will take more than vehicle technology to develop sustainable transportation and believes urban planning needs to play a significant role. Earlier post.)]. CAFE mpg US (cars / trucks).

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