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Sharing the Road With Driverless Cars (Climate Confidential)

May 12, 2014 by Josie Garthwaite

As autonomous vehicles become a real choice for our neighborhoods, transit hubs, entertainment districts, and downtown cores, there is an opportunity for them to bring environmental benefits. But realizing those benefits will require us to take a hard look at how personal cars—even the driverless kind—fit into urban life.

Categories: Climate Confidential, Environment, Mobility & Transport, Policy, Technology • Tags: autonomous vehicles, CARB, Climate Change, congestion pricing, self-driving cars

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Good-bye, Gas Guzzlers (Smithsonian)

May 24, 2013 by Josie Garthwaite

The path toward cleaner cars will be walked in tiny steps. There’s a place for all-electric and even semi-autonomous vehicles, but tweaks to designs that burn gasoline will deliver much of the fuel-economy gains expected in the coming decades.

Categories: Energy, Mobility & Transport, Smithsonian, Technology

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Bikes and Buses Propel Mexico City to Prize in Sustainable Transport (National Geographic)

January 17, 2013 by Josie Garthwaite

Bicycles, pedestrian-friendly plazas and walkways, new bus lines, and parking meters are combining to transform parts of Mexico City from a traffic nightmare to a commuter’s paradise.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, National Geographic, Sustainable Cities

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A Rare Look Inside Carmakers’ Drive for 55 MPG (National Geographic)

August 18, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

The next generation of cars will look much like today’s, but will weigh less, have better aerodynamics, and smarter systems that can ramp power up or down as needed.

Categories: Energy, Mobility & Transport, National Geographic, Policy, Technology

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This Summer, Electric Cars Are Merging Into California’s Traffic (The New York Times)

June 30, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

An earlier generation had the Summer of Love. In 2012, the warm months turned into the season of the electric car for Californians with a passion for plug-ins.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, The New York Times

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Access to the Car Pool Lane, For a Price (The New York Times)

February 25, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Lately, the concept of putting a price on convenience has been adapted as a way to manage traffic congestion. In short, the H.O.V. lane is making way for the High Occupancy Toll lane.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, Policy, The New York Times

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Review Roundup: Car-Sharing Services (Wired Magazine)

September 30, 2011 by Josie Garthwaite

It’s never been easier to be carless in the city. Not because of a boom in public transit, but because of car-sharing services, which make owning a vehicle akin to paying for a nanny instead of hiring the occasional babysitter.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, Technology, Wired Magazine

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Hackathon Produces Apps for a Cleaner Commute (The New York Times)

September 15, 2011 by Josie Garthwaite

What can data do for your daily commute? A team of energy policy consultants and software developers met in San Francisco to brainstorm how data sets could be used to make the typical urban commute shorter and greener.

Categories: Mobility & Transport, Sustainable Cities, Technology, The New York Times

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Electric Vehicle Makers Rethink Car Sales (The New York Times)

June 9, 2011 by Josie Garthwaite

Some electric vehicle manufacturers have jettisoned the old model of franchise auto dealerships in an effort to change not only how we drive, but also how we buy cars.

Categories: Business, Mobility & Transport, The New York Times

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