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Category Archives: electric vehicles
Salt of the Earth: Striking beauty of desert salt flats (or pans)
If you haven’t had the opportunity to see a salt flat (or pan), they are one of the most strikingly beautiful natural features on the planet. The remoteness, the otherworldly feel, the arid environment, and the rugged visual contrasts are … Continue reading
Posted in aviation, climate change, deserts, ecosystems, electric vehicles, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, Food, geography, Geology, historic preservation, industry, land use, Mining, natural and organic foods, nature, planning, pollution, recreation, Renewable Energy, rivers/watersheds, Science, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, visual pollution, weather
Tagged arid, climate, deserts, dry lakes, nature, playa, salar, salt, salt flats, salt pans, solar
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Planning for the EVolution in charging stations
As the number of EV (electric vehicle) charging stations have increased, their design and appearance have grown in style and variety. While many EV charging stations are currently accessory uses on the site of other uses like hotels, theaters, parking … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, branding, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, electric vehicles, energy, environment, futurism, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, marketing, pictures, planning, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, video, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged charging, charging stations, design, electric cars, electric vehicles, EVs, hybrid electric vehicles, hybrid/electric vehicles, planning, zoning
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Simple New Year’s resolutions to help our planet
Providing a quick list of simple solutions to help save our planet seems like an appropriate blogpost topic for the New Year, as we can all add some/all of these to our list of resolutions. Please feel free to pass … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, air travel, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, civics, climate change, consumerism, ecosystems, electric vehicles, environment, fair trade, Food, food systems, health, humanity, minimalism, nature, Passenger rail, politics, pollution, product design, recycling, Renewable Energy, Science, shopping, social equity, sustainability, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged bamboo toothbrushes, climate change, environment, folding straws, overconsumption, plastic, recycle, recycling, sustainability, waste, zero waste
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The South Shore Line – Indiana’s Gift to Passenger Rail
We had the honor and thrill of riding the entire length of the South Shore Line round trip between South Bend (Airport Station) and Chicago (Millennium Station) and back over Mother’s Day weekend. Sometimes dubbed as America’s last Interurban, the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, cities, electric vehicles, fun, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, spatial design, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Indiana, South Shore Line, trains
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If you drive a SUV, you need to plant 127 trees a year!
As the accompanying chart shows, if you own and operate a sport-utility vehicle (SUV), you’ll have a lot of tree planting to do to offset your annual emissions from driving that monstrosity. At approximately $200 per tree (a rather low … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, bicycling, Cars, civics, climate change, electric vehicles, environment, health, nature, Passenger rail, pollution, rail, Railroads, sustainability, transit, transportation, walking
Tagged sport-utility vehicles, SUVs
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Cities leading the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution
According to Bloomberg, the cities listed below (Piloting Cities) are hosting autonomous vehicle tests or have committed to doing so in the near future. For more information on what’s taking place in each of these cities, go to the Global Atlas … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Asia, Bus transportation, Canada, Cars, China, cities, economic development, electric vehicles, Europe, fun, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, Oceania, planning, product design, Science, South America, spatial design, technology, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged autonomous vehicles, AVs, research
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States with the most public EV charging outlets
Below are the most recent numbers of public electric vehicle charging outlets (not stations), as of October 29, 2017. A minimum of 500 is required to included on the list. Aside from California which far and away leads the list, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, electric vehicles, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged charging stations, electric vehicles, EV, supercharging stations, Tesla
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