A new report from the Sightline Institute shows that people in the Northwest states — Oregon, Washington and Idaho — are consuming less gasoline, riding more public transit and driving less than before, indicating a …

It’s always good to have your argument laid out for you in a well-designed policy paper. The Center for Clean Air Policy’s new report, “Cost-Effective GHG Reductions through Smart Growth and Improved Transportation Choices,” does …

Open source technology: Software companies do it. Why not carmakers? Photo via Riversimple.
What if you could revolutionize the way cars are designed and built by opening the process up to input from the entire community?
That’s …

Increased economic activity doesn’t necessarily have to lead to greater energy consumption. Photo by bitzcelt.
Energy use in the transport sector follows economic activity, but the relationship is not necessarily in direct proportion. Energy efficiency plays …

From the Associated Press:
Zero Pollution Motors is trying to bring a car to U.S. roads by early 2011 that’s powered by a combination of compressed air and a small conventional engine.
ZPM Chief Executive Shiva Vencat …

A pedestrian waits at 14th and U St. NW, Washington, D.C. Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Two stories you need to know about sustainable transportation in the United States this week:
Vehicle Emission Rules to Tighten
Washington Post
May 19, …

According to Lee Schipper, “a battery supplying the 40-mile range of the GM Volt is said to cost $20,000.” Photo by EuroTraveler.
Lee Schipper, senior fellow at EMBARQ and senior research engineer at the Precourt Energy …

GOOD magazine published its jam-packed, 112-page “Transportation Issue,” devoted to a “drastic rethinking of how we move around, how we design our cities, and how we power our vehicles.”
The articles cover a lot of ground, …

For more photos, check out this photo gallery by Autoblog.
Last week, General Motors and Segway unveiled the much-hyped Project P.U.M.A, which stands for “Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility,” an electric two-wheeler prototype vehicle that is …

Step aside, Japan. Don’t even try, Detroit. China has plans to corner the electric car market.
From the New York Times:
TIANJIN, China — Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one …