For the report, “On-Demand Transit Can Unlock Urban Mobility,” the BCG researchers analyzed four services in the U.S. and Germany.
The agency is only the second government entity in the U.S. to commit to a science-based target to drive down greenhouse gas emissions.
Report provides an annual evaluation of the agency’s sustainability performance measured across 10 specific performance metrics.
NYSERDA and NYSDOT will award the funding as part of a two-step competitive process.
The order brings the city’s electric bus fleet to eight EV350’s.
In 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.
Friction between brakes and train wheels generates airborne pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter in the subway systems.
There is much more to the Dutch vision of transport than the somewhat shocking prevalence of bicycles being used by all types of people throughout the city.
Agreement stipulates the money from the German automaker must be used to reduce lung- and heart-damaging nitrogen oxides emitted by diesel trains, buses, ferries and equipment.
The research team will monitor the engine (speed, RPM, load, and other parameters) data along with GPS information in order to analyze the bus fleet drive cycles, and identify characteristics such as idle time and speed distribution.