Public Transit
Solar-Powered Runway Anti-icing System
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Featured , Public Transit , Solar , Transportation Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an anti-icing system that could make airport runways safer and less expensive to maintain during winter months. The approach uses a conventional photovoltaic system Read more
Bike Rental Program Puts New Spin on Recycling
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Bicycling , Communities , Featured , Public Transit , Recycling , Transportation , Waste Management Two years ago, Florida State University senior Sandy Simmons went to a college housing conference and got a big idea: recycled bike rentals for students — on the cheap. Read more
One-Million Kilometres in One Week: Results from Clean Air Commute
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Bicycling , Business , Featured , Green Initiatives , Public Transit , Transportation Toronto, ON, Canada - Thousands of Canadians have saved the skies from more than 480 tonnes of air pollution during the Clean Air Commute, powered by Pollution Probe, a Canadian not-for-profit organization Read more
Clic: A New Take on Carpooling
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Public Transit , Transportation Montreal, QC, Canada - A group of dignitaries recently gathered for the announcement of a new take on carpooling, offering carpoolers the opportunity to use electric cars to get to AMT park-and-ride parking lots at Cartier and Montmorency metro stations Read more
San Francisco Leads the U.S. in Environmental Sustainability
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Infrastructure , Public Transit , Recycling , Transportation , Waste Management , Water Management San Francisco grabbed the mantle of "greenest" major city in the U.S. and Canada Green City Index, with New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston rounding out the top five U.S. cities. The unique study conducted by Read more
CarSharing Industry Forms Association to Drive Best Practices
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Communities , Green Initiatives , Leisure , Public Transit , Transportation , Travel San Francisco, CA - In order to maximize the environmental and social impact of the carsharing industry, eighteen carsharing organizations from around the world have launched the CarSharing Association (CSA). City CarShare, Read more
Green Eco School Bus
Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Green Initiatives , Hybrids , Public Transit , Transportation The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the nation's first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle Read more
NAR Study Finds Americans Prefer Smart Growth Communities
Posted on April, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Consumer , Planning , Public Transit , Transportation Americans favor walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, with 56 percent of respondents preferring smart growth neighborhoods over neighborhoods that require more driving between home, work and recreation. Read more