article thumbnail

Connecticut selects Allison hybrid-equipped buses for new rapid transit system

Green Car Congress

Connecticut has selected Allison Hybrid-equipped buses for the state’s new bus-only expressway system, CTfastrak. The new fleet of 48 hybrid diesel-electric buses will include 30-foot Gillig buses to provide neighborhood circulator service and 40-foot New Flyer buses to operate connector routes.

article thumbnail

California, 7 states and DC commit to faster transition to zero-emission trucks and buses; next step is formal agreement

Green Car Congress

Trucks are increasingly a major contributor to air pollution nationwide, but especially in our cities where they are among the largest sources of toxic emissions in vulnerable neighborhoods. We need to design a regulatory program that gets to the heart of this problem. —CARB Chair Mary D.

article thumbnail

Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

Baua Electric

In the largely Black and brown Dixwell neighborhood northwest of campus, Titus Kaphar, a resident and 2006 graduate of the Yale School of Art, and Jason Price, a private equity manager, founded NXTHVN. Across town, West Rock Ridge State Park extends from the family-friendly neighborhood of Westville northward for six miles.

article thumbnail

Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

Peter Bao-Sen Luh Professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Life Fellow, 71; died 28 November Luh was a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs from 1980 to 2020. as an engineer.

Engine 70
article thumbnail

Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

The competition “allows students to take an idea, a passion, and turn it from a simple prototype to a fully deployed solution,” says Stephanie Gillespie , associate dean of the University of New Haven’s engineering college , in Connecticut. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods.

article thumbnail

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. Total DOE award: $13,299,101. Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc.’s The project will deploy multiple fuels and technologies.