Sentences with phrase «vehicle transportation infrastructure»

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Back to this year's budget — there is one bright spot for climate: the government has renewed support for British Columbians who buy less - polluting vehicles, and is putting some funds toward building infrastructure to support the transition to electric transportation.

We need to begin reducing the number of vehicles on our roadways, and the best ways to accomplish that is to invest in public transit infrastructure and embrace innovative transportation options that offer alternatives to conventional driving and car ownership,» says Black.

• Creating cleaner transportation options — by investing in public transit infrastructure, improving our fuel efficiency and transitioning to low - carbon options like electric vehicles;

I applaud Governor Paterson for his leadership and commitment to upgrading our rail infrastructure and making it a more dependable transportation option, which helps take vehicles off the road, improves our air quality, and reduces energy consumption.»

«The road disrepair is especially troublesome in Staten Island, where the lack of public transportation infrastructure causes islanders to use their vehicles to travel throughout the Island,» Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Matteo (R - Mid-Island) wrote on Jan. 16.

Reducing fuel use, emissions and «havoc» A Department of Transportation pilot project underway in Ann Arbor, Mich., has already collected 7 billion safety messages exchanged among 3,000 cars, trucks and transit buses equipped with vehicle - to - vehicle (V2V) and vehicle - to - infrastructure (V2I) technology.

The games also served as an impetus for permanent improvements to the city's transportation infrastructure and vehicle emission standards, possibly influencing other metropolitan areas in China to follow Beijing's lead.

Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastructure provides few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced new Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Vehicle - to - Infrastructure (V2I) guidance that can improve safety and mobility by accelerating the deployment of V2I communication systems.

Benefits to Public: Federal support for transit infrastructure provides transportation alternatives for all allowing individuals who do not have vehicles, persons with disabilities, people with low income, and senior citizens to have basic mobility to access medical, employment and leisure locations.

The eighth annual STS consists of 112 tables of state data on infrastructure, safety, freight transportation, passenger travel, registered vehicles and vehicle - miles traveled, economy and finance, and energy and environment, plus a U.S. Fast Facts page.

In this study, we evaluate transportation impacts and infrastructure requirements for the use of E85 (85 % ethanol, 15 % gasoline) in light - duty vehicles using a combination of corn and cellulosic ethanol.

The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research and development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure systems, and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this chapter.

Posted on 27 July 2015 in Connected vehicles, Fuel Efficiency, Infrastructure, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), V2X Permalink Comments (1)

Posted on 11 April 2014 in Connected vehicles, Controls and controllers, Driver Assistance Systems, Hybrids, Infrastructure, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), V2X Permalink Comments (0)

Posted on 08 October 2015 in Connected vehicles, Infrastructure, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Internet of Things, V2X Permalink Comments (0)

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Roundtable Series on Emerging Light - Duty Vehicle Technologies: Part of a series of roundtable events, Pollution Probe's Roundtable on Emerging Light - Duty Vehicle Technologies brought together leading experts and government representatives to discuss short - term transportation technology priorities and long - term infrastructure requirements.

However, states and municipalities rarely account for vehicle - generated emissions when they plan for transportation infrastructure.

Pricing transportation emissions will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and other transportation sector investments.

Pricing emissions from transportation fuels will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and other transportation sector investments.

Massive changes in the energy infrastructure and in the transportation vehicle infrastructure would be necessary; whereas for a plug - in hybrid, we need a bigger battery and, yes, there is an infrastructure investment: an extension cord... each family would need an extension cord.

A plan to help get to three tons is not simply to buy electric cars, but also to improve public transportation, bike sharing, installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure and car to home interconnection for millions of EVs to also help provide power into the electric grid, mandate phasing in of electric vehicles whose operating «fuel» cost is equivalent to less than $ 1.00 per gallon.

Take a small example: Moving away from internal - combustion automobiles and trucks means more than just swapping in electric vehicles and expanding public transit; it also means building the infrastructure to support the new transportation system (chargers, added bus lines, additional electric power plants), retraining the people whose livelihoods were based on maintaining conventional vehicles, changing how cities are laid out and much more.

Part 2: Advanced Vehicles -(Sec. 721) Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant pilot program through the DOE Clean Cities Program, to provide up to 30 geographically dispersed project grants to state or local governments or metropolitan transportation authorities for acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or fuel cell vehicles, including the infrastructure necessary to support them directly.

The State's zero - emission vehicle and infrastructure investments will advance the Governor's clean transportation and climate change goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Rud — we do need a source of funding for transportation infrastructure, but I think a fuel tax ignores the fact that even people with no personal vehicle benefit from roads.

The «clean transportation» subtitle of the House bill focuses on plug - in electric drive vehicles, requiring utilities to plan charging infrastructure and grid integration, and establishing a large - scale deployment program for plug - in vehicles at DOE.

5 % of total funds must be used to create a clean national transportation low emissions plan, which would establish an electric vehicle strategic deployment goal for 2020 and project the near - and long - term infrastructure and standardization needs for EVs, electricity providers, vehicle manufacturers, and electricity purchasers.

Reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the adoption of low and zero emission vehicles and strengthening alternative - fueling infrastructure

With real - world electric vehicles (EVs) finally entering mainstream markets in serious numbers, and viable EV charging infrastructure being built worldwide, it looks increasingly realistic to expect electric cars, motorbikes and bikes to become an ever - more important part of our transportation future.

Our sprawling urban planning has created an infrastructure that locks us into a dependence on small vehicle transportation.

Pay attention, because this next one has some serious implications for energy and transportation policy, and infrastructure: According to research just published in the online edition of Science, rather than converting energy crops to liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, it is far more efficient to convert them to electricity to power vehicles.

A better solution would be to have electric powered vehicles, better public transportation infrastructure to reduce private motor vehicle demand, civic infrastructure changes so daily commutes can be made shorter and use natural gas to replace electricity generated currently by coal.

Consider in comparison, the massive increase in the size and complexity of the legal infrastructure of laws, agencies, officials, police forces, educational facilities, courts, judges, and lawyers made necessary by motor vehicle transportation's replacing horse - powered transportation.

For example, motor vehicle transportation would be too dangerous to use without its current legal infrastructure, which must be vastly different and greater than that which controlled horse - powered transportation systems.

incorporate clean transportation infrastructure through electric vehicle charging stations, fuel cell vehicle charging stations and liquid, gas and battery facilities.

Transportation officials and safety regulators are pushing the technology even further, looking to a day when computers in a car communicate with other vehicles, traffic lights, toll roads and other traffic infrastructure.