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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly. But this is but a singular component.

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INRIX: shared bikes and scooters could replace nearly 50% of downtown vehicle trips

Green Car Congress

Analyzing trillions of anonymous data points from hundreds of millions of connected devices, INRIX ranked the top American, British and German cities where micromobility services have the most potential to reduce vehicle trips. Leveraging big data to plan for micromobility services.

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Worldwatch Institute study expects number of countries running high-speed rail nearly to double by 2014

Green Car Congress

The increase in HSR is due largely to its reliability and ability to cover large distances in a short time; to investments aimed at connecting once-isolated regions; and to the diminishing appeal of air travel, which is becoming more cumbersome because of security concerns. The rise in HSR has been very rapid.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

AAA formerly was known as the American Automobile Association. High distraction systems were the Ford Taurus with Sync MyFord Touch (3.1); Chevy Malibu with MyLink (3.4); Volkswagen Passat with Car-Net (3.5); Nissan Altima with Nissan Connect (3.7); Chrysler 200c with Uconnect (3.8); and Hyundai Sonata with Blue Link (3.8).

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

The class covered the history and politics of EVs, especially with regard to the government and automobile companies, as well as the technical aspects. ”We Occasionally they came from chemical engineering, computer science, or somewhere else.” We studied forces that have an impact on EV range, such as aerodynamic drag,” he explained. “I

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

Green Car Congress

These changes may include an increased emphasis on creating “walkable” city neighborhoods and an overall decrease in car ownership, though not necessarily car usage, as car sharing and other alternatives to ownership increase in popularity. Technology, design and connectivity. — Urban Mobility in the 21 st Century.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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