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This City Surpasses New York: Now the Most Congested in North America

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Photo credit: Vadim Rodnev / Shutterstock.com Toronto has recently been identified as North America's most congested city, outpacing both New York and Mexico City according to the TomTom's annual traffic index. A Comparison Across North America When compared to other North American cities, Toronto's traffic issues are more pronounced.

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Study found highly elevated PM2.5 in pre-COVID-19 subway air in NE US; NYC the worst

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concentrations and particle composition from area samples collected in the subways of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York/New Jersey (NYC/NJ); and Washington, District of Columbia. g/m 3 ), followed by the MTA New York at 251 ?g/m

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Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

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Both the urban sprawl that we see in the suburbs of the United States and the high-rise that we see in places like New York City are not necessarily optimal. We showed that new development should focus on minimizing whole-life carbon of buildings, not just the emissions from their operations or their materials. Pomponi, F.,

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Daimler begins deliveries of electric FUSO eCanter; UPS first commercial customer; NGO fleets

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of Daimler Trucks, celebrated the global launch of the FUSO eCanter ( earlier post ) in New York City. FUSO also announced the company’s first US commercial partner for the eCanter: UPS will place three of the new electric trucks into its fleet.

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Hyundai Debuts Sonata Hybrid at New York Show

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As promised ( earlier post ), Hyundai unveiled the Sonata Hybrid at the New York International Auto Show. The company also introduced a new turbocharged version of the Sonata, the 2.0T. Comparison of Mid-size Hybrid Sedans. The Sonata Hybrid system. Click to enlarge. 2011 Sonata. 2011 Camry. 2010 Altima. 2010 Fusion.

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Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

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Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) that are assembled with alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) have several significant advantages in comparison to state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). (1) 2) Oxidation of direct alcohol fuels (e.g., methanol and ethanol) is also significantly faster in AFCs. (3) Wei You, Kristina M.

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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

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. “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California. Over a year ago, a cost comparison already showed that the department’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would cost about $4,500 per year to run. Tesla-Kansas City was great. They were eager to help and answer all our questions,” he said.

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