Where: Park City, Utah What: An aerial transit project to move persons through the city and to mountain recreational spaces How would it impact private property? There are 338 private properties within a 100-foot distance of the conceptual alignments Cost estimates: $60 million to build + more than $3 million to operate and maintain annually […]
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The X Cross Walk. Cross Walk Safety
Stockholm recently introduced an X cross walk to improve cross walk safety. @sweden.se on Instagram Smart Cities Dive | Chicago Opens Up for Diagonal Pedestrian Crossings LA Mag | L.A.’s New Diagonal Crosswalks Are Literally Saving Lives
How Texas Leads Global EV Adoption
What makes Texas the best state for leading global EV adoption over California? Texas electric grid isn’t connected to there states (it has a deal with Mexico, not Oklahoma) 90% of the state’s electric load is a deregulated market ERCOT is innovation friendly ERCOT is looking at coordinating electric vehicle charging with periods when renewable […]
COVID. Is there a value on curb space?
How could local governments charge for curb space use? Micro-mobility lane use for bikes and scooters Scooters and bikes are ideal for a micro mobility lane as they don’t mix well with automobiles on roadways Micro-mobility parking. As sidewalk space is increasingly used for outdoor dining space, curb space could house e-bike and scooter docks […]
Meet the New Kid on the Block. VOLCON
Who is VOLCON? An electric dirt bike manufacturer Where is Volcon located? Austin TX What’s Volcon claim to fame? ” first all-electric, off-road powersports company,” What’s the impact to Austin, TX? People say things like Austin “is becoming the electric vehicle capital of the world.” Austin Business Journal | Another electric vehicle company, Volcon, launches […]
EV Charging Locations. Who has Access?
New York passed a law prohibiting non EVs from parking at charging spots. The law also prohibits EVs from parking at charging stations but not charging. Daily Freeman | New law makes it illegal for non-electric vehicles to park at charging
The Gig Worker Ballot Prop in California. Environmentalists Take a Side.
There’s a ballot proposition in California that would change current state law treatment of gig workers as employees. Who supports the proposition: Tech companies Who opposes the proposition: Labor and now Environmentalists Why are environmentalists in on this? The environmentalists say that the proposition would be bad for the environment because only if gig workers […]
Hypersonic Flight Consortium Led by Texans
The consortium: Department of Defense’s national consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight capabilities The official name: The University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics The Texans: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Partner universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Minnesota University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Arizona University of Tennessee Space Institute Morgan State University California Institute […]
Will COVID eliminate the gas tax?
To be fair, the gas tax wasn’t performing to meet infrastructure needs before COVID either. What is the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials advising? The believe in a user-pay principle where the amount you drive determines what you’re paying, but COVID shows the weakness in this plan too A solution: Federal COVID […]
Anatomy of a $21.7 M EV Grant
Where: California Who: Volvo What: A $21.7 Million grant for Volvo to to deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric trucksin Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage What VOLVO says: Public- Private Partnerships are crucial to new technologies Utility Dive | Volvo wins $21.7M in grants to deploy electric trucks in California