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UC Davis secures $20M federal grant renewal to lead the National Center for Sustainable Transportation

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The US Department of Transportation announced that the National Center for Sustainable Transportation ( NCST ), housed at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), would receive $20 million to lead a group of seven universities studying transportation effects on the environment. Earlier post.)

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USDOT awards $14M to UC Davis-led National Center for Sustainable Transportation

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The US Department of Transportation recently selected the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, led by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, to receive a five-year grant totaling approximately $14 million ($2.8 million in the initial year) to advance a more sustainable transportation system.

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Toyota recalls over 280,000 vehicles due to unexpected movement

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Toyota has also gained a reputation for being too focused on gas vehicle production by many in the EV space, with the automaker regularly underplaying the role of battery-electric tech in accelerating sustainable transportation , instead being in favor of hydrogen and continued internal combustion engine (ICE) development.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The Connected Traveler: A Framework to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation. The project will use currently available transportation data from an urban U.S. TRANSNET Awards. Lead organization. Description.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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In other words, while vehicle and fuel technologies clearly play a major role, so does demand reduction and the development of smarter, sustainable transportation systems. Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand.

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