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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

According to the World Bank, urban transportation is responsible for 12% to 70% of air pollution , and an estimated 7 million people die from urban air pollution each year. Transitioning to electric public transportation is not a simple, overnight endeavor. These numbers aren’t merely abstract realities, either.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Robert Cervero, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, shares Dr. Heywood’s view that it will take more than vehicle technology to develop sustainable transportation and believes urban planning needs to play a significant role. Cars (vehicles/1000 people). Bandivadekar, A.,

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