Posted by transportgooru on September 7, 2010 in
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Travel Car-sharing started in Europe and spread to America in the late 1990s, when the first venture opened in Portland, Oregon, a traditional hangout of tree-huggers. For years it was organised by small co-operatives, often supported by local government. It still has a green tinge. One in five new cars added to club fleets is electric; such cars are good for short-range, urban use. But sharing is no longer small.
Tags: Car Fleets, Car Sharing, Car Sharing Statistics, Car2Go, Carsharing, London, Washington DC, ZipCar
Posted by transportgooru on September 1, 2010 in
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Research The Research and Innovation Technology Administration (RITA) is looking for a highly talented Transportation Specialist with a passion for transportation data and analysis to join the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) as the IntelliDrive Data and Weather Program Manager. This is an opportunity to work on one of the most exciting multimodal programs at the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). Located at the U.S. DOT headquarters in Washington, DC, the ITS-JPO manages, coordinates and supports research programs focused on applying advanced technologies to transform the performance of our Nation’s surface transportation system.
Tags: Employment, Federal Jobs, Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITS, Jobs, Program management, Research, Road Weather Program, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. DOT, United States Department of Transportation
The back-up stretches over 62 miles on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway. What’s worse, officials are saying that the jam could continue for up to a month (Sept. 13, the projected completion project for some of the projects causing this delay).
Tags: Beijing, Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, China, Epic Chinese Traffic Jam, National Expressway 110, Tibet, Traffic Congestion
Posted by transportgooru on August 23, 2010 in
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Research The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) seeks an experienced Environmental Protection Specialist to join the Energy Technology Division at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center). The position is located at the Volpe Center in Cambridge, MA.
Tags: Clean Air Act, Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative TEchnology Administration, United States Department of Transportation
Uncle Sam goes for a “green & clean” image makeover – GSA Offers 5,600 Hybrids (Including 100 Plug-In Hybrids) To Federal Agencies
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Now for the first time some of those potential customers got to see and hear Porsche’s latest creation in person. The 918 was flown over from Germany for the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Montery, California. The video above shows a covert shakedown drive before the car was shown to the public.
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Posted by transportgooru on August 17, 2010 in
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Travel TRB is sponsoring the Transportation Systems for Livable Communities Conference on October 18-19, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The conference is being supported by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration. The livability concept embraces cognate notions such as sustainability, quality of life, the character of place, the health of communities, and more. The conference is designed to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in this topic and will provide a timely opportunity to share research results, explore practical challenges, and identify potentially promising directions for future research. Space for this confernece is limited. Early bird registration ends August 26, 2010.
Tags: livability, Livable communities, Research, Research and Innovative TEchnology Administration, RITA, Transportation Planning, Transportation Research Board, TRB, Washington D.C.
Posted by transportgooru on August 16, 2010 in
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Travel The first flight of NASA’s hurricane airborne research mission is scheduled to take off from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 17. NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft will be making a planned five-hour flight along the Gulf Coast from western Florida to Louisiana primarily as a practice run for the many scientific instruments aboard.
Tags: Atmospheric Sciences, DC-8, Earth Sciences, Florida, Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, GRIP, Hurricane Hunter, NASA, NASA Dryden, North Dakota State University, Research, Tropical cyclone, Wind speed
Can the U.S. replace 100 percent of its gas consumption with electricity? By this math, yes, we can:
Tags: Alternative Energy Sources, Electric vehicles, Electricity, Energy, EV, Gasoline, Hybrid vehicles, Oil, Renewable resources
Posted by transportgooru on August 3, 2010 in
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Travel The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released a report that explores the components of plug-in electric vehicle infrastructure, challenges and opportunities related to the design and deployment of the infrastructure, and the potential benefits.
Tags: Alternative Energy, Department of Energy, Electric Vehicle, Electric vehicles, Energy, EV, Infrastructure, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, PHEV, Plug-in Electric Vehicle, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, United States
