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APTA: public transportation ridership up 5% in first quarter 2012

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Ann Arbor, MI; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Fort Myers, FL; Indianapolis, IN; Ithaca, NY; New York, NY; Oakland, CA; Olympia, WA; San Diego, CA; and Tampa, FL). All public transit modes saw increases and several saw significantly high increases. in the first quarter of 2012. Large bus systems reported an increase of 4.6 percent nationally.

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Alabama Injection Project Aimed at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Testing Important Geologic CO2 Storage

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A recent study by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, Va., and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.). When the 5-month injection is completed, incremental oil recovery is anticipated to be 60% greater than that of conventional secondary oil recovery by water flood.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada: $3,000,000. Hybrid Buses: Upgrade a planned order of buses from diesel to hybrid technology. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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