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California governor proposes additional $6.1B in budget package for decarbonizing transportation in state; total $10B over 6 years

Green Car Congress

Significant investments include: Low-Income Zero-Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure: $256 million for low-income consumer purchases, and $900 million to expand affordable and convenient ZEV infrastructure access in low-income neighborhoods.

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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in Scoop; carpooling mobile application

Green Car Congress

The Scoop app automatically connects co-workers and neighbors who live in the same neighborhood and travel to the same work area. Scoop’s carpooling offer is a great help for urban traffic and parking problems in cities, but it also enables employers in finding and supporting sustainable transportation solutions for their employees.

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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

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The IISD highlights Indonesian city Jakarta’s efforts to electrify and integrate its public transportation in the longest rapid bus transit line in the world — a feat that won it the Sustainable Transport Award. Transitioning to electric public transportation is not a simple, overnight endeavor.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Robert Cervero, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, shares Dr. Heywood’s view that it will take more than vehicle technology to develop sustainable transportation and believes urban planning needs to play a significant role.

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