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Business TREND. 3 Reasons a rail project opposes another high speed rail project in Texas.

SNCF America says Central Texas Partners high speed rail proposal in Texas will:

  • Japan is not right for Texas. ” Texas Central “project is right for Japanese companies subsidized by Japanese taxpayers and wrong for Texas,””
  • Texans should decide on rail.  Texas should decide whether projects are high speed rail or  fast trains
  • Rail should connect to other projects. The Japanese high speed rail has an interoperability problem in that it cannot connect to other rail.

Dallas Morning News | Rival…

Local TREND. Scooter Ordinances and DATA Standards. 3 Key Points.

After ride share regulations, and the data that was shared, acquired or lost, local governments are:

  • Seeing BUSINESS TREND of new software to help cities organize new sorts of transportation data
  • Information cities want to know about scooters:
    • how many scooters and bikes are parked
    • where they?
    • where trips start?
    • where do trips end?
    • How much detail do cities want?  down to the census tract.
    • Who is using scooters and bikes?
    • are they taking cars off the road?

Wired | STILL…

3 Ways Governments are Promoting EVs.

Looking to China and Norway, leaders in EV sales, shows these governments:

  • Norwegian government began promoting the use of EVs in 1989
    • early incentives
    • early promotion of the incentive programs
    • cut the annual registration tax on EVs
    •  exempted all EVs from road tolls
    • EV owners to bypass the 24% value added tax
  • Chinese government is focusing on promoting EVs through research and investments in EV manufacturing companies
    • China is implementing a program like California’s Zero…

New Study. Ride Share Less Likely to Take Advantage of Passengers.4 Points from the Academics in Boston.

MIT Researchers found that ride share drivers:

  • taxi drivers are more likely than Uber drivers to take advantage of a situation that offers opportunities to earn a higher fare
    • 7.4% deviation on average for airport pickups
  • when a taxi driver switched over to driving Uber, their behavior also changed to match the effect
  • Taxi drivers also tend to speed more than Uber drivers
  • Uber drivers do tend to be susceptible to detouring or driving more slowly to extend a metered airport trip when surge…

+1 Local Gov. Capping Ride Share. What you Need to Know. How. What. Where.

Where:  Miami Beach

What: Miami Beach Commissioners want to cap the number of ride shares, like NYC did

How? By asking state legislators to allow exceptions to statewide ride sahre regulations to allow for a cap or to allow for a cap and a wage requirement. The latter being the NYC approach.

What’s the argument supporting the exceptions? ride share is skirting the rules

“For a certain price, these companies circumvent home rule and buy themselves legislators who create the laws in…

Local Government TREND. 19 Cities. Electric Fleet Car Promise. Procurement Link.

The cities & local governments include:

  • Los Angeles
  • Phoenix
  • Houston
  • Cleveland
  • Pittsburgh
  • Fayatteville, N.C.
  • Los Angeles County
  • Ohio’s Cuyahoga County

Year 1 electric vehicle purchase requirements: 376 vehicles in their first year

Requirements:

  • local governments must lease or buy electric vehicles
  • provides mechnism for local governments to buy charging equipment
  • will offer assistance from the Electrification Coalition

Policy and Procurement Information

Governing | On Eve of Global…

Business and Regulatory TREND. EV Transportation Corridor. WHO. WHAT. WHERE.

WHO: Nissan and EVgo

 

WHAT:

  • Transportation corridor to connect the cities of Boston and Washington
  • 9 electric vehicle fast-charging stations
  • 52 total fast chargers 
  • The…“I-95 Fast Charging ARC”
  • 4+  EVs simultaneously charge at a power output of 50 kW

 

WHERE: I-95 & EVgo’s charging network has 1,000 fast chargers stations spanning 34 states

NGT News | New EV Charging Corridor Launches Between D.C. and Boston

Local TREND. 3 Arguments Against Red Light Cameras. Texas Governor Abbott. 2 Legislative Solutions.

Safeguarding, Securing, Serving, a report by Texas Governor Abbott calls red light cameras:

  •  expensive
  • increase accidents
  •  pose constitutional issues
The 2 legislative solutions proposed:
  • ban red light cameras in state law
  • preempt local governments from using autmated traffic enforcement

Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Gov. Greg Abbott says it’s time to turn off red light cameras in Texas

 

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of an EV Coalition Touting EVs=Jobs

State: Maryland

The EV Coalition: 

  • PC44 Electric Vehicle Work Group Leader Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
  • Delmarva Power & Light Company
  • Potomac Electric Power Company
  • The Potomac Edison Company
  • ChargePoint
  • Greenlots
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Sierra Club 
  • Chesapeake Climate Action Network
  • Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
  • Marylanders for Energy Democracy and Affordability
  • Pace Energy and Climate Center
  • Solar United Neighbors of Maryland

Supporters of the…