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Winners and Losers in the Greening of Delhi’s Auto-rickshaws
April 5, 2007 – 1:07 pm | 6 Comments

Winners and Losers in the Greening of Delhi’s Auto-rickshaws

On March 30, Monica Bansal, a graduate student at Colombia University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation visited EMBARQ’s offices and presented her research on Delhi’s auto-rickshaws. These three-wheeled vehicles carry thousands of city …

Inventors of the World, Unite!
April 4, 2007 – 10:03 am | No Comment

Inventors of the World, Unite!

Photo from xprize.org.
Earlier this week, Nick Bunkley of the New York Times reported that the X Prize Foundation is sponsoring a competition with an expected prize of $10 million to produce a car that travels …

Are Bio-fuels the Right Choice for the Transport Sector?
April 3, 2007 – 12:24 pm | 2 Comments

Are Bio-fuels the Right Choice for the Transport Sector?

On March 26, Lee Schipper, Director of Research at EMBARQ, waded into the cacophonous debate over biofuels during a presentation at the World Bank.
Biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel are often touted as a panacea for …

A Sustainable Parking Garage? Only in LA
March 30, 2007 – 11:58 am | One Comment

A Sustainable Parking Garage? Only in LA

A friend of mine who lived in Los Angeles once told me that on bad days the city felt like one large parking lot. These days things have improved…slightly. That’s because LA now …

Clean Green Cars
March 26, 2007 – 11:27 am | No Comment

Clean Green Cars

Last week, our friends over at autobloggreen wrote about a new website launched in Britain which aims to provide consumers with environmental information about automobiles. The site, Clean Green Cars, markets itself as “a …

Plug-In Hybrid School Buses Hit the Streets in Florida
March 20, 2007 – 2:08 pm | No Comment

Plug-In Hybrid School Buses Hit the Streets in Florida

A Tampa Bay news service reports that the Manatee County Florida School District is the first school district to receive hybrid buses through the Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project. The article notes that, …

Biofuels Get Another Boost With New US-Brazil Agreement
March 12, 2007 – 12:00 pm | No Comment

Biofuels Get Another Boost With New US-Brazil Agreement

The buzz surrounding biofuels grew even louder this week during President Bush’s high profile visit to Brazil. Bush met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paolo, where the two leaders …

New Software Program to Help Clean Up Latin American Traffic
January 26, 2007 – 1:11 pm | 3 Comments

New Software Program to Help Clean Up Latin American Traffic

In a talk that appealed to computer geeks, policy wonks and transport engineers alike, Prof. Toni Lindau, EMBARQ’s CTS-Brasil Director, discussed his new “Microscopic Bus Rapid Transit Simulator.”
Prof. Lindau presented his innovative software tool at …

Diesel Retrofit in Mexico City (Part I)
January 21, 2007 – 9:00 pm | One Comment
Diesel Retrofit in Mexico City (Part II)
January 21, 2007 – 8:57 pm | 2 Comments