{"id":2543,"date":"2022-02-17T21:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T21:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2022-02-17T21:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T21:47:42","slug":"trains-v-buses-best-for-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/trains-v-buses-best-for-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trains v. Buses. Best for the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s happening? Policy experts are trying to discern which mode of transportation is the most environmentally friendly and isn&#8217;t walking or riding a bike. Think of it as a bus v. train brawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important? When major fossil fuel companies being setting climate goals of zero carbon and Florida sets clean air standards to protect its tourism industry, let&#8217;s say this issue hits all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will this be important? Oakridge National laboratory energy efficiency researchers say CO2 impacts are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00a0177 grams per passenger mile for trains<\/li><li>299 grams per mile for buses<\/li><li>cars at 371 grams<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/next\/are-trains-or-buses-better-for-the-environment?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20GOV%20-%20Daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=203584284&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_peIDv7lZKRcoMhS5RT-iQiFdFoduHURdP3zaZccE7-k5PsVFF2_tv1FtM635j4dUN68WYG1GZqnpv2TYg8iveN4u-UQ&amp;utm_content=203584284&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Governing | Are Trains or Buses Better for the Environment?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s happening? Policy experts are trying to discern which mode of transportation is the most environmentally friendly and isn&#8217;t walking or riding a bike. Think of it as a bus v. train brawl. Why is this important? When major fossil fuel companies being setting climate goals of zero carbon and Florida sets clean air standards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}