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Peer-to-peer car sharing service Getaround launches in Austin, Texas

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This announcement closely follows the company’s February launch in the greater Portland metropolitan area with a $1.7 million federal grant and expands its reach to four major cities. Peer-to-peer car sharing company Getaround announced its official launch in Austin, Texas.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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The report formalizes the identification of ten high-speed rail corridors as potential recipients of federal funding: California Corridor (Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego). Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC). Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta).

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Maine’s Floating Offshore Wind Ambitions in Jeopardy

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first: a 12-turbine, 144-MW floating research array planned for a spot 50 kilometers east of Portland, Maine. The university says it is compliant with all state and federal laws, and the conditions of its federal grants and contracts. Department of Energy (DOE), and the DOE did not respond to Spectrum s inquiry.

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High-Speed Rail Doesn’t Exist in America. Here’s What’s Being Developed.

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Cascadia In the Pacific Northwest, Microsoft has partly funded the planning for Cascadia, a high-speed rail line that would connect Portland, Ore.; The Federal Railroad Administration has also contributed $49.7 When that thing actually gets up and running, its going to radically change transportation.

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