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National Academies report finds US interstate highways need major overhaul; calls for 20-year blueprint for action

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The committee noted, however, that these estimates may be low, because they do not include funding required to reconfigure and reconstruct many of the interstates’ 15,000 interchanges or make the system more resilient to the effects of climate change. Looming Challenges. Additional Recommendations.

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California ARB awarding $1.6 million to LA for low-income EV carsharing pilot program

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The grant will fulfill a key mandate of SB 1275, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, enacted last year to make clean transportation more widely available, particularly in low and moderate-income neighborhoods. The funding for the project comes from fees collected under the state’s climate change law, AB 32. Earlier post.).

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Separately, Ford today also announced a cash tender offer to repurchase up to $5 billion of the company’s higher-cost debt. One such project is Ford’s investment in redeveloping the historic Michigan Central Station and surrounding area to create a new mobility innovation district in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.

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California ARB approves cap-and-trade amendments; linking with Ontario

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AB 617 directs CARB to work with local air districts on the deployment of community-focused air quality monitoring networks, as well as the development and implementation of community emission reduction plans in the neighborhoods most burdened by poor air quality.

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

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The full proposal will be outlined in the President’s FY2015 Budget Request to Congress. DOT will prioritize applications for capital projects that better connect people to jobs, training and other opportunities, promote neighborhood redevelopment and reconnect neighborhoods divided by physical barriers, such as highways and railroads.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."