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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.,

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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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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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

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By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville). The merit-driven process will result in federal grants as soon as late summer 2009. Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami).

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. And we’re like, “Yeah, that’s the point.” You don’t see it. It’s an exciting time.