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Mayor Menino Adds Boston

Plug In Partners

The purpose of the campaign is to demonstrate to automobile manufacturers that there is a market for flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles. The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent. We expect some more big ones soon. Sign the On Line Petition more news

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X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

Green Car Congress

Two of the vehicles are educational entries from Cornell University and West Philadelphia High School. mile) short course. Colleges and high schools with automobile technology programs are encouraged to bring their project cars. Additionally, organizers expect vehicles powered by vegetable oil, LP and compressed natural gas.

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

The Truth About Cars

p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. blockquote][blockquote]The researchers also found no significant changes in car crashes with wider traffic lanes in a speed limit zone of 20–25 miles per hour.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Green Car Congress

The researchers also found that policies with the biggest local impact vary from city to city, with faster-growing Sun Belt cities such as Houston and Phoenix having the potential to enact a bigger reduction in residential emissions than older cities such as Boston or Philadelphia, which see less change in their housing stock.