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California ARB study finds commuters’ exposures to air pollution greatly depends on mode of travel; light rail, personal vehicles the lowest

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The study, published recently in Atmospheric Environment , investigated commuter exposure to PM 2.5 , black carbon (BC), and ultrafine particles (UFP) in six common transport microenvironments in Sacramento, California. Click to enlarge. The ARB team found that UFP concentrations during bus, bicycling, and train commutes were 1.6–5.3

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UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”.

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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. According to a litigation statistics report issued by WebRecon LLC, consumer lawsuits alleging a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act increased by nearly 60% in September from the prior month.

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Construction can turn green

Electric Auto Association

There’s no doubt that driving electric helps the environment, as does installing home solar panels. But there’s so much more to sustainability than what we can do in our personal lives. The statistics are similar around the world. Chart showing construction industry contribution to carbon emissions. Someone had to be first!

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Continental and Vodafone present first results of cooperation; Cellular V2X, mobile edge computing and AI

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For example, about a quarter of traffic fatalities recorded by the German Federal Statistical Office in 2017 were cyclists and pedestrians. To this end, we are ensuring the best possible connectivity of vehicles with each other and with their environment. Vulnerable road users are particularly affected.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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.& If you live somewhere that recently introduced new traffic cameras, driving fines ( e.g. congestion charging ), lower speed limits, bicycle rental kiosks, or additional bike lanes, there’s a good chance the person making those decisions was influenced by Vision Zero. That was the impetus for this paper.”

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Elon Musk is raising awareness about birthrate decline

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Elon Musk mentioned the 2021 statistic to me when he was on my podcast earlier this month. ” “This is absolutely not true we could double the population without any meaningful damage to the environment. According to the New York Times, the U.S. birthrate has increased by 1%. The increase stopped a steady decline.