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Oil prices crossed $103 a barrel, as the United Nations’ authorized the no-fly zone over Libya. Traders worried that the prolonged conflict could threaten crude exports.
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High-Speed Rail / Infrastructure
Qatar To Build High-Speed Rail For 2022 World Cup
- by Ami Cholia
Qatari officials are using the World Cup as an opportunity to build the country’s infrastructure. The 2022 host plans to invest $24 billion in transportations systems across the country.
Read more »The Senate rejected a two year ban on congressional earmarks this morning by 56-39. Eight Republicans voted to reject the ban, offered by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla..The ban would have drastically affected funding for infrastructure projects, public transportation projects, community development and local law enforcement grants.
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Guest Post–Telematics: Your Guide to the Second Information Superhighway
- by AltTransport
The ‘Information Superhighway’ once organized data along the same principles as freeway, focusing on speed and volume. Now IBM is helping to make vehicle traffic flow like data.
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Tea Party Can’t Ignore $2.2 Trillion Needed for American Infrastructure Updates
Try as it might, the Tea Party is ignoring America’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure bill at its peril.
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Cars / Electric Vehicles / Infrastructure
Best Buy Will Have Electric Charging Stations
- by Ami Cholia
ECOtality, Inc. is teaming up with Best Buy to provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at the retail store across the country. The private sector adoption of EV infrastructure will be key to the success of the car in the long run.
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New Collaboration Between BMW and Guggenheim Museum to Explore City Futures
BMW and the Guggenheim Museum today announced a new partnership to send mobile labs to cities around the world to talk about urban issues.
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Global CO2 Emissions Drop; Emissions in China and India Rise 9% and 6%
- by Ami Cholia
For the first time this decade global CO2 emissions decreased 1.3% in 2009, but that drop was offseted by a significant rise in emissions in China and India by 9 and 6 percent.
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President Barack Obama is weighing a new round of infrastructure spending and tax cuts that would help boost the American economy, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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IBM Delivers Smarter Transportation from Above, Below and Everywhere in Between
Not many entities can soar above transportation systems at 30,000 feet, but that is exactly what IBM does everyday. AltTransport spoke with Raul Arce, IBM’s vice president of Travel and Transportation to learn how IBM is making smarter commutes, more efficient supply chains and greener transit systems.
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