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Clean Energy Cities Could Make the GM/Segway and Bicyclists Flourish

April 7, 2009

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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gmsegway, smartercities, transportation, transportationbill

If the GM/Segway P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) vehicle were zipping around my neighborhood right now, I would expect to see it in the bicycle lane on 6th Avenue. The experimental two-seat electric vehicle isn't ready to join cars and trucks...continued

Waxman-Markey: Putting America on the Road to a Clean Energy Transportation Future

April 6, 2009

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
fueleconomystandards, globalwarming, lowcarbonfuelstandard, oildependence, smartercities, transportation, vehicles

The transportation sector is second largest source of global warming pollution in the US (contributing about a third of total emissions) and it consumes two-thirds of our daily oil demand. Those two facts make it essential to act now to...continued