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NASA, Uber to explore safety, efficiency of future urban airspace

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earlier post ), further to explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas. NASA has signed a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc. Credits: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory.

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NREL to lead $5M initiative to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency of DFW

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The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead a team of researchers—in partnership with Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world—to identify new transportation technologies that could dramatically improve energy use, convenience, and affordability.

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs. Non-road (e.g., ICT, Shared Mobility and Automation (e.g.

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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SP+, a provider of professional parking management, has signed a 5-year fueling agreement with Clean Energy to fuel 16 CNG buses for a new Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility located at the San Diego International Airport. In 2015, Dillon’s fleet consumed 1.1 million GGEs of natural gas in Texas. The fueling contract runs through 2020.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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Toward the end, though, the speech took a curious and hopeful turn, as Nixon rhapsodized about the unifying potential of international cooperation in space exploration. MSS capitalized on fiber optics to collect data at four different spectral bands (visible green and red, plus two bands of near-infrared).

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

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Their suggestions included, yes, yoga rooms (at San Francisco International Airport, Chicago Midway International Airport, and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, among others) but also short-story dispensers, tranquil gardens, even a swimming pool. The cupcake A.T.M.s, At Daniel K.