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Tag Archives: hybrids
Ecomodal transportation hubs
This post summarizes several ideas that could be employed to facilitate the establishment of sustainable transportation hubs where intermodal cross-movement between multiple green (or active) transportation options takes place with ease. In a nutshell, these facilities are described by using … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, Green roofs, health, historic preservation, humanity, infrastructure, internet, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Social media, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bike share, BRT, bus, car share, carpool, charging stations, cities, ecology, EVs, green, hubs, hybrids, infrastructure, intermodal, land use, light rail, placemaking, planning, rail, San Francisco, sustainability bicycling, Transbay Terminal, transportations, vanpool
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Unscientific hybrid/electric observations
I counted 23 hybrid and/or plug-in electric cars on the trip between Lansing and Grand Rapids Thursday afternoon – 17 eastbound and six westbound, while a total of 26 were counted on Friday evening along the same route – 21 … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, Cars, climate change, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel
Tagged automobiles, C-Max, cars, EVs, hybrids, Insight, motor vehicles, plug-in hybrids, Prius, stats, transportation, Volt
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Worst American markets for hybrid car sales
On January 5th, the best American car markets in 2012 for hybrid car sales were listed here on Panethos. Below are listed the worst car markets in the United States for hybrid car sales. For comparison, the national average in … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, Cars, Cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, economic development, Economy, education, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, humanity, infrastructure, nature, North America, planning, politics, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation
Tagged automobiles, autos, cars, cars sales, cities, consumerism, energy, environment, hybrids
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Top American metros for hybrid car sales
Below are the Top 15 metro areas in the United States for hybrid car sales. Congratulations to these cities and their residents. The only unfortunate part is they only represents four states – Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. Hopefully, over … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, Economy, energy, environment, geography, globalization, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, Science, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation
Tagged automobiles, cars, clean energy, energy, environment, EV, hybrids, transportation, USA
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Where the energy efficient auto jobs are in the USA
The table below prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council shows the states that lead in number of energy-efficient auto-related jobs. Congratulations to Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana for leading the nation forward and taking the top three positions. Here is … Continue reading
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