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

Green Car Congress

Honolulu, Hawaii; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nashville, Tennessee are the Top 3 cities with the greatest profile for micromobility to succeed and reduce vehicle trips in the US, according to INRIX. These cities also feature warm climates with minimal topographic variation, providing further support for micromobility.

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NYU review study suggests potential for gauging health risks of air pollution on individual level

Green Car Congress

Though other parallel projects may well be in planning elsewhere, we describe this initiative, which is currently being applied in New York City, as a pilot study for the method applied in a very large metropolitan area. —Caplin et al. billion a year.

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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

Teslarati

Revel, a New York City-based ridesharing company, will launch its fleet of Tesla Model Y taxis in the Big Apple in early August after a mix-up with NYC’s regulatory agency, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). This will make it the largest universal fast charging depot in the Americas, the company said.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

Cars That Think

A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. At that point, we realized we needed to collect that data ourselves."

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

And then there is the issue of climate justice which motivates me more than any amount of money ever could. Because my father’s father was an illiterate Italian illegal immigrant who drove a truck in New York City his entire career, all undocumented workers are my family. “What’s in it for me?”

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

The LIGHTS team had the Volvo VNR Electric tractor assessed by a team at the University of California, Riverside on a heavy-duty dynamometer. Funding of $90 million for the project came from the California Climate Investments, which contributed $44.8 million of Cap-and-Trade money. The balance came from the project partners.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. Did I mention that we are also as doomed as doomed can be when it comes to a livable climate and none of what I’ve been working on is going to stop that or even slow it down? I am dog tired. I need a break, right now, before I snap. A year-long one.