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

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Martin Keller, Laboratory Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute; Eric McCarthy, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Public Policy and Legal Affairs, Proterra; Mark McNabb, CEO, Electrify America; Arlen Orchard, General Manager & CEO, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Thomas S.

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US Public Transit Ridership in 2008 At Highest Level in 52 years; 10.7B Trips

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Light rail (modern streetcars, trolleys, and heritage trolleys) had the highest percentage of annual ridership increase among all modes, with an 8.3% The light rail system that started in November 2007 in Charlotte, NC showed the highest percentage of increase with an annual 862% increase. increase in 2008.

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

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Summer Update

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Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA.,