Transit Oriented Development with Electrified Transportation
Transit-oriented development projects are launching nationwide, By Mary Scott Nabers, Government Market Nets, October 3, 2024
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Closing of First Loan to Support Transit-Oriented Development, By U.S. DOT,
May 1, 2024
Irizar Presents Europe's First Autonomous Electric Bus, By Mark Kane, Inside EVs, January 30, 2020
Electric delivery vehicle makers and major orders in the works -Amazon.com Inc ordered 100,000 electric vans last year from startup Rivian Automotive LLC - in which it has invested, Reuters in ET Auto.com of The Economic Times, September 10, 2020The first of those vans is due for delivery in 2021 and a Rivian spokeswoman said production will begin on schedule
Rethinking Humanity With Tony Seba, By David Orban, July 8, 2020Tony Seba is author of 'Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation - How Silicon Valley Will Make Oil, Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal, Electric Utilities and Conventional Cars Obsolete by 2030'
Bloomington Transit receives federal grant for electric buses, charging stations, The Federal Transit Administration awarded the local public transit system $3.2 million to purchase electric buses and charging stations, By Ernest Rollins, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. (TNS), August 18, 2020
NJ Transits electric bus program rolls ahead as opponents push for booting of natural gas plant, By Larry Higgs, NJ Advance Media for NJ.Com, September 9, 2020"Opponents won a commitment from Transportation Commissioner Diane Guterrez-Scaccetti, NJ Transit board chairwoman, that she would answer their request for a meeting to present new information about building a solar powered-battery plant instead."
Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund Grant Awards Round 2
Fort Wayne Citilink Denied Electric Bus proposal
Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund Grant Awards Round 1
Fort Wayne Citilink - Electric Bus proposal for 2 electric buses, Total Project Cost $1,600,000; VW Award $320,000; Citilink Funding $1,280,000
Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund Grant Proposals List 2019
Fort Wayne Citilink - Electric Bus proposal 'No Progress: Dependent on outside funding'
EVs Stand for Electric and Equality Vehicles, By Howard Traxmor, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, July 5, 2020
Citilink Electric Bus Project, Fiscal Year 2019
Economic Impact of Public Transportation Investment, by Economic Development Research Group, an EBP Compan, For the American Public Transportation Association, April 2020
A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy, An Open Letter and Call to Action to Members of Congress, March 22, 2020or go directly to the public transportation section of 'A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy' click
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Shenzhen to test self-driving cars with passengers, By Asia Times, March 29, 2020
Plan, to be used in designated areas, follows moves by Beijing and Shanghai last year
China"s Pony.ai Among First to Launch Passenger-Carrying Robotaxi Service, By Ding Yi, CX Tech, Mar 05, 2020"The service, named PonyPilot, went online Feb. 25 in the city of Fremont, California"
VTA board approves resolution declaring climate emergency, By Adam F. Hutton, San Jose Spotlight, February 7, 2020"The agency already runs five all electric buses in its fleet of 466 vehicles. But because the electric vehicles have a range of about 200 miles and require eight hours to charge, which can only be done at one of the VTAs depots, they are relegated to the agencys shortest routes."
BAE Systems unveils next generation of full battery electric power and propulsion system, The new Series EV system user fewer, lighter and more compact components, By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Mass Transit, October 25, 2019
New Flyer supports San Francisco launch of emission-reducing Green Zones, geofencing technology allows buses to operate in electric mode when in the defined Green Zones, By New Flyer of America Inc., Mass Transit, October 18, 2019
Report highlights lessons learned from electric bus implementation, By US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Mass Transit, October 10, 2019
The Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History, By Jonathan English, CityLab, Aug 29, 2019
Anthropological Invariants To Travel Behavior, By Cesare Marchetti, Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 47, 1994The scientific case for 30 minute bus routes, or higher frequency, called the Marchetti Constant, which explains why Citilink bus ridership in the South West Quadrant of the city is low.
Anheuser-Busch to Launch Largest Electric Class 8 Truck Fleet in North America, By Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch, October 3, 2019
Rally in Fort Wayne for climate change action, Local News WANE TV, Sep 20, 2019Sunrise Movement Fort Wayne, led by event organizer Emma Steele and others in support of the international Global Climate Strike! https://www.facebook.com/SunriseFtWayne/ or email: sunrisefortwayne@gmail.com met with Howard Traxmor, a Citilink Board member to discuss the need for a rapid transition from fossil fuels in transportation which represents about 30 percent of carbon pollution. Public transit with renewable energy is the fastest and most equitable strategy to lead climate action.
Transport should be at the heart of new developments, and here is how, En Avant! A blog from pteg, Urban Transport Group, 2019
WAVE supports Antelope Valley Transit Authority to be the first fully electric fleet powered by wireless chargers, Mass Transit Magazine, August 6, 2019
City gets $2.7 million grant for electric buses,
By Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal, August 7th, 2019
Harris, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Accelerate Electrification of Nation"s School Bus Fleet, By Sentinel News Service, June 7, 2019
"Clean School Bus Act will: Provide grants of up to $2 million to replace diesel school buses with electric school buses, invest in charging infrastructure..."
Electric vs. Diesel vs. Natural Gas: Which Bus is Best for the Climate?, By Jimmy O'Dea, Senior Vehicles Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists, July 19, 2018
School Buses Going 100% Electric? Just Common Sense, By Lion Electric Co., School Transportation News, May 1, 2019
The Transport Sector in the Energy Transition: Findings from the Renewables 2019 Global Status Report, By Hannah E. Murdock, Project Manager & Analyst, REN21, EcoMobility CitiesSHIFT Webinar, July 4, 2019
Renewables 2019, Global Status Report, Ren21
"REN21 is an international policy network of experts from governments, inter-governmental organisations, industry associations, NGOs, and science and academia."
"A modal shift to public transportcan, greatly decrease energy use in the sector and allow for the renewable share to increase."
The Electrification of Public Transport in Foshan, Management Committee of Foshan Sino-German Industrial Services Zone( Sanlongwan Innovation Cluster), By Chen Jingyi, EcoMobility CitiesSHIFT Webinar, July 4, 2019
Albuquerque Pulls Plug on Electric Bus Deal
The arrangement for 15 electric buses slated for the city transit fleet is being cancelled after staff cited brake failures and other equipment malfunctions during training and testing, according to Mayor Tim Keller, By Steve Knight, Albuquerque Journal / Government Technology Magazine, November 14, 2018
Low carbon transport: Introduction of new energy buses in Shenzhen, By Shen Yubing, Deputy Director, Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning & Design Institute, China, EcoMobility CitiesSHIFT Webinar, July 4, 2019
Shenzhen: A City Miles Ahead, By Ross McLane and Dave Mullaney, Spark, Rocky Mountain Institute, June 30, 2019
A New EV Horizon Insights From Shenzhen's Path to Global Leadership in Electric Logistics Vehicles, By Allison Crow Dave Mullaney Yuning Liu and Zhe Wang, RMI 2019
The Verdict's Still Out on Battery-Electric Buses, By Alon Levy, City Lab, January 17, 2019
Electric Bus Industry Continues to Make Strides in 2018, Electric bus deliveries grow 29%. More transit agencies are buying, commitments explode, By EB START Consulting, Press Release, January 1, 2019
Study: Electric Buses Already Emit Less Carbon Than Diesel Buses, in Any State, And their climate impact will decrease as the grid gets cleaner, By Julian Spector, Green Tech Media News, July 23, 2018
CTA Expands Electric Bus Fleet, Chicago Transit Authority,
June 13, 2018,
20 new buses will improve air quality, save on fuel and maintenance; part of Mayor"s efforts to promote green initiatives
Shenzhen"s New Energy Vehicles and charging infrastructure - policies, instruments and development, By Johannes Lauer & Wolfgang Dickhaut, 2016
S.C. city boasts first battery-operated bus fleet, By Ron Barnett, Greenville (S.C.) News, Feb. 27, 2015
Allen County Electrified Transportation (ACET)A proposal for climate change action to substantially reduce carbon pollution in Allen County and Northeast Indiana.
World Public Transit News & Destinations
C40 CitiesThe cities with the most successful transport strategies prioritise people-friendly streets over space for cars.
International Transport ForumThe International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 62 member countries. It acts as a think tank for transport policy and organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers. ITF is the only global body that covers all transport modes.
ErticoA European public-private partnership of 120 companies and organisations representing service providers, suppliers, traffic and transport industry, research, public authorities, user organisations, mobile network operators, and vehicle manufacturers
Economic Times of India, Electric Bus
TTC says it now has largest electric bus fleet in North America, By Joshua Freeman, CP24 News, September 8, 2020Electric vehicles are part of Toronto"s TransformTO climate action strategy, which sets a target of an 80 per cent reduction in local greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Bus or bust! We obsess over market penetration of just 23 cars per 1,000 people and 126 two-wheelers per 1000 and not the pathetic 1.3 buses per 1000, By Avik Chattopadhyay, ETAuto of the Economic Times, July 29, 2020"The most prosperous and developed economies have a robust and democratic public transport system"
Vienna"s Cultural Approach to Going Car-Free, By Feargus O'Sullivan, City Lab, January 29, 2020"In an effort to cut vehicle emissions and boost public transportation, Austria"s capital will reward car-free travel with free access to museums and concerts."
Budget 2020: A boost for Made in India BS VI Engines and electric vehicles, By Parvatha Vardhini C, The Hindu Business Line, February 02, 2020
TransLink launches four electric buses and two charging systems into operations, Metro Vancouver can expect to see six additional electric buses as TransLink progresses its work as part of CUTRICs Pan-Canadian integration trial, By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Mass Transit, September 12, 2019"CUTRIC estimates that each of these buses will reduce 100 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and save C$40,000 (US$30,342) in fuel costs annually in comparison with a conventional diesel bus."
London's electric bus fleet becomes largest in Europe, Transport for London"s routes 43 and 134 will become the UK’s first all-electric, double-decker bus routes, By Transport for London (TfL), Mass Transport, September 9, 2019
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy,
"An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it"s where the rich use public transportation."
The STM Moves Ahead on Electrification, By Nancy Turgeon, Corporate Advisor, Society of Transportation Montreal (STM), Urban Mobility Forum, Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), Summer 2019
INDIA"S ELECTRIC MOBILITY TRANSFORMATION, By NITI Aayog, Rocky Mountain Institute, 2019
Municipality of Rosario, Argentina, Moving forward: a successful reform of public and non-motorized transportation, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Case Study #213 - March 2019, "The City of Rosario established in 2015 its Mobility Monitoring Center (Centro de Monitoreo de la Movilidad), the first one in the country.
The Center supervises and monitors the different companies in charge of public transport operations, as well as taxis and remises, a type of taxi service where drivers use their personal cars and tariffs and accept online reservations and payments.
The Center also controls and monitors vehicle flows, traffic levels within and outside dedicated lanes, parking space occupation rates, street lights and the respect of bus routes and schedules."
Global Mass Transit Group
Urban Transport Group - European
Luxembourg Becomes First Country to Make All Public Transit Free, By Eric Baldwin, Arch Daily, Dec 24, 2018
Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S., By Jonathan English, Oct 10, 2018 'The widespread failure of American mass transit is usually blamed on cheap gas and suburban sprawl. But the full story of why other countries succeed is more complicated.'
Canadian Urban Transit Association
OppCharge, Fast charging of electric vehicles
Launch of Electric Bus Trial is Worlds First of Its Kind, Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), April 2018
Transport State Transit - Sydney, Australia
Which European Capital Has The Best Tram Network?, April 17, 2019 For complete videos of the systems:
Amsterdam
Athens
Belgrade
Berlin
Bern
Bratislava
Burcharest
Budapest
Dublin
Helsinki
Kiev
Lisbon
London
Britain"s NEW high speed train: The AZUMA!, By Wingin It! Paul Lucas, Jun 19, 2019
Madrid
Minsk
Moscow
Oslo
Paris
Prague
Riga
Rome
Sarajevo
Sofia
Stockholm
Tallinn
Vienna
Warsaw
Zagreb
Other World Cities and Towns with Electric Public Transportation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jewpatorija, Crimea, Russia
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Most & Litvínov, Czech Republic
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Zlin, Czech Republic
Pyongyang, North Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo to Kyoto, Japan
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Konotop, Ukraine
Rivne, Ukraine
Zilina, Slovakia
Green light for light rail: making light rail cost effective
Examines the factors affecting the cost of light rail and recommends ways to make it more cost effective in the future, UK Department of Transport, 20 September 2011
