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Playing with Electric Trains as a Climate Tactic

July 3, 2022 By gmoke

From Edwin Black's book, Internal Combustion, about the Milwaukee Road, an electric rail system: "Sometimes electrified railways seemed to defy the laws of perpetual motion. For example, when the brakes were applied or the train traveled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cars, ecology, energy, environment, freight, railroads, regenerative braking, sustainability, transportation, trucks

Energy (and Other) Events – May 2022

May 1, 2022 By gmoke

——— Index ——— —————— Conferences —————— Tuesday, May 3 Graduate workshop: Data-driven environmental economics research from the EPA Thursday, June 2 - June 3 Numbers and Nature: Mitchell J. Feigenbaum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, ecology, energy, environment, events, harvard, listings, mit, sustainability, transportation

Ballot initiatives: Voters favor progressive taxation!

May 31, 2018 By Charley on the MTA

Since it's a gorgeous sunny day, I'll favor the most wildly optimistic take on today's WBUR polls of the tax ballot initiatives. The millionaires' tax? Very popular! 77% support it. The sales tax cut, from 6.25% to 5%? Also very popular! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: education, Fair Share, millionaire's tax, transportation

RBIs should win in a walk

May 23, 2018 By Charley on the MTA

While we lament that Bob DeLeo's is the House Where Hope Goes To Die/Why We Can't Have Nice Things, the Senate continues to do good and creative work -- even in spite of, uh, recent distractions. Sen. Eric Lesser has a Budget Amendment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: mbta, RBIs, transportation

Why Cap and Invest Is the Right Solution for Massachusetts Transportation

October 19, 2017 By DanielGatti

With the Baker administration announcing new listening sessions to reduce pollution from transportation I wanted to cross-post this blog post from UCS' The Equation on the need for a cap and invest program covering transportation in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, electric vehicles, GWSA, mbta, rggi, transportation

#CrumblingT: A video for a “car guy” mayor

September 25, 2017 By Charley on the MTA

First, to acknowledge Doug Rubin's objection to my use of "Coakley moment" to describe Marty Walsh's out-of-touch statement on the T. Martha's obviously paid a high price for the last few years, and I don't do this website to be cruel to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: marty-walsh, mbta, transportation

The Northeast Should Limit Pollution from Transportation

September 12, 2017 By DanielGatti

Cross-posted from UCS blog The Equation. Over the past decade, the Northeast region of the United States has helped lead the country—and the world—in supporting and developing clean, renewable sources of electricity. Taken together, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, environment, mapoli, mbta, transportation

MBTA GM: “a little fire on the tracks”

August 28, 2017 By Charley on the MTA

In case you missed it, WBUR's team of Chakrabarti and McNerney have even yet still another chapter in the fascinating story  of Luis Ramirez -- or more properly, of the people who hired him for the MBTA. The head-hunting firm that found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, Luis Ramirez, mbta, red-line, Stephanie Pollack, transportation

Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing

April 27, 2016 By thegreenmiles

Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, environment, housing, smart-growth, transportation, urban-density, urban-sprawl

“Jaywalking”: Blaming Pedestrians for Badly-Designed Streets

February 16, 2016 By thegreenmiles

If crosswalks are located hundreds of feet from where people need them, or if drivers are going too fast to stop for people in crosswalks, you might think safety improvements are needed. But as State House News Service reports, a Worcester … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: transportation

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