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News•by Staff•October 18, 2010

Living Cities works to generate $150M for TOD

Participants will coordinate their investments, aligning them with federal grants, such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program, and invite others to invest alongside them.

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News•by Staff•October 15, 2010

CTTransit unveils 4 new fuel cell hybrid-electric buses

The new model 40-foot Van Hool transit buses are lighter than the earlier generation fuel cell bus, which rolled out in 2007 and continues to operate on various routes in Greater Hartford, including the free downtown Star Shuttle route. Advanced lithium-ion battery systems and a more durable fuel cell powerplant are key features of the new buses.

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News•by Staff•October 13, 2010

$18.7M in transportation research grants announced

RITA provides $81 million in annual funding to 136 colleges and universities conducting transportation research and providing the training needed to manage today's transportation infrastructure through the UTC program.

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News•by Staff•October 13, 2010

Stantec acquires Street Smarts

The addition of the Atlanta-area firm further develops Stantec's existing transportation practice in Georgia and the southeastern U.S.

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News•by Staff•October 13, 2010

Halsall group joins PB

Halsall Associates is the Canadian consulting engineering firm founded in 1956; Pivotal Projects is its Canadian project management company; and Loop Initiatives is the corporate sustainability consulting business of Halsall.

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News•by Staff•October 11, 2010

Alcoa donates light-weight wheels for Yale green program

The conversion of Yale's shuttle buses and vans from steel wheels to aluminum wheels is expected to save the fleet of 30 vehicles nearly 1,000 gallons of fuel and reduce CO2 output by 10 metric tons per year.

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News•by Staff•October 11, 2010

U. of Va. adds online carpool finder

The university selected NuRide to implement the carpooling site after hearing increased interest in carpooling from students and faculty.

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News•by Staff•October 7, 2010

Student designs mobile garden on N.Y. bus roof

"If we grew a garden on the roof of every one of the 4,500 buses in the MTA bus fleet, we would have 35 acres of new rolling green space in the city," says Marco Castro Cosio, an NYU graduate student.

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News•by Staff•October 6, 2010

Bauer introduces solar bus powering system at BusCon

The Solar Bus consists of four thin film solar panels that run the length of the bus and charge an on-board battery bank. When the bus engine is off, the batteries power the air-conditioning and wireless connectivity equipment, enabling the buses to effectively meet anti-idling standards without compromising passenger comfort.

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News•by Staff•October 6, 2010

Mich. agency considers home-grown biodiesel system

A Flint, Mich.-based company that produces a biodiesel processing machine could be selected by the MTA to convert cooking oil into fuel for the agency's fleet.

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