£90 MILLION BOOST FOR BRITISH BUSES
Published at 12.12.2011 in Alternatives, Politics
Bus services across England are set to receive £90 million to make them greener, more efficient and easier to use, Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced. The Government believes that the funding will deliver better services for passengers in a way that will cut carbon and deliver growth.
CHINA OUTLINES STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES, SAYS FINANCIAL TIMES
Published at 14.08.2011 in International developments, Politics
According to a recent article in the Financial Times, China announced last year that it wants to develop seven “new strategic industries” to propel the country’s transition from low-cost workshop of the world into producer of high-value, high-technology goods.
NEW FEDERAL US RULES TO LOWER DIESEL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS & INCREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY IN TRUCKS & BUSES
Published at 13.08.2011 in Technology, Politics
Diesel engines, which power more than 95 percent of America's trucks and 85 percent of its buses, will play a central role in the United States' new effort to reduce fuel consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the years ahead.
LONDON TO GET BIGGEST TRANSPORT INVESTMENT IN 80 YEARS
Published at 07.04.2011 in Mass transit, Politics
London’s transport network will see massive growth in both the number of passengers it carries and the number of services it operates, according to Transport for London’s (TfL) revised Business Plan. During the next four years a huge program of investment will see three Tube lines fully upgraded with new trains on five lines, major progress on Crossrail, the completion of the London Overground network, traffic flow smoothed, the completion of the Barclays Cycle Superhighways and extension of Barclays Cycle Hire, and the maintenance of the capital’s bus network. The plan also sets out an increased savings and efficiencies program, totaling £7.6 billion (US$12 billion), up from around £5 billion (US$8 billion).
The Chinese central government will invest more than 100 billion dollars.
Following increasingly severe environmental pollution, the scarcity of oil and other non-renewable resources and the growing necessity of energy conservation and emissions reductions, renewable energy vehicles have become the latest industry trend.
