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Study Concludes Cash for Clunkers Program Is an Expensive Way to Reduce Carbon; Paying Nearly 10x the Projected Price of Carbon Credits

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program is paying nearly 10 times the projected price of carbon credits per ton in the best-case scenario, according to an analysis of the implied cost of carbon dioxide reductions under the program by UC Davis transportation economist Christopher Knittel. However, the. pollutants.I Christopher Knittel. Economic Impact?

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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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We also want to learn how fleets can incorporate used electric vehicles, which are available at a lower price than newer generations. This is one slice of conditioning the market, users and institutions like this university to think along those lines. We’re trying to help the campus electrify. —Dahlia Garas.

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Ford, Uber and Lyft to share data through SharedStreets platform

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Launched earlier this year with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, SharedStreets is a universal data language for sharing information about city streets and a launching pad for public-private collaboration to manage streets, reduce traffic deaths, and prepare cities for the unprecedented technological advancement emerging in cities.

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Study concludes no one strategy sufficient for targeted GHG reduction from LDVs; positive combinatorial effects

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After considering a wide range of possible strategies to reduce light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, a team from Carnegie Mellon University, RAND Corporation and the University of Toronto has concluded that no one strategy will be sufficient to meet GHG emissions reduction goals to avoid climate change. —Mashayekh et al.

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UC Davis, ITDP study suggests global shift to public transport, NMT and away from cars could save $100T through 2050 and cut GHGs

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Fulton, UC Davis, examines how major changes in urban transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions as well as mobility by different income groups. gigatons of carbon dioxide annually—a 40% reduction of urban passenger transport emissions—by 2050. Further, an estimated 1.4

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Study: natural gas heavy-duty trucking fleet could benefit economy, but has mixed environmental effects

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Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy-duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University. Click to enlarge.

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DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

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DOE will also advance research and development for sustainable hydropower technologies, as well as technologies that harness energy from wave and tidal resources. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power. DOE has outlined three strategies to achieve this objective: 1.

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