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Oregon, Washington, And Texas Consider Taxing Electric Cars To Compensate For Lost Gas Taxes
- by Ami Cholia
Three different states are considering creating a tax for electric vehicles to compensate for the loss in revenue that would have typically come in from the gas tax.
Read more »While there are a number of environmental and financial reasons to drive less, you may also gain back a month of your life!
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Bus Designs In The U.S. Likely To Change Because Of Fatter Passengers
- by Ami Cholia
While we may not be the fattest country in the industrialized world anymore — that honor is held by Kuwait — our population is still getting large enough to require new forms of public transport.
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America’s Top 15 Smartest Cities For Transit Innovation
- by Ami Cholia
What do Lincoln, Nebraska and New York City have in common? Turns out they’re both on the Natural Resource Defense Council’s list of “America’s Smartest Regions for Transportation.”
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While several other agencies saw deep cuts in Obama’s 2011 budget proposal, the President saved some love for transportation.
Read more »A Massachusetts based research and development facility has come up with an alcohol-detection prototype that would measure a motorist’s ability to drive.
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Obama Wants High-Speed Rail And Clean Energy; Financing Is Still Up In The Air
- by Ami Cholia
As was expected President Obama dedicated a large part of his State of the Union speech yesterday to infrastructure and clean energy. Unfortunately, he didn’t lay out a financial plan to make this vision into a reality.
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Drivers Wasted 3.9 Billion Gallons of Fuel Because Of Traffic Congestion in 2009
- by Ami Cholia
Sure the economy picking up is a great thing, but it also means we’re going to be spending significantly more time in traffic. According to a new study from Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, traffic is a great indicator of the state of our economy — and turns out, our national traffic levels are starting to resemble the pre-recession era.
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House Republicans Propose Cutting Amtrak, HSR, And Fed Auto Research Program
- by Ami Cholia
House Republicans have unveiled an ambitious 10-year plan to slash government spending by $2.5 trillion in cuts over the 10 years. Environment and energy plans, high-speed rail, Amtrak — are all out of the window.
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Environmentalists rejoice, government officials in Paris are considering heavily taxing or completely banning SUVs and other high-polluting, old vehicles from entering the city center.
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