If half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are zero-emission vehicles, in accordance with Biden administration targets, car buyers will need a lot more electric vehicle chargers — almost 20 times more chargers than today, according to McKinsey & Company. Electric vehicle owners charge their vehicles at home or at a workplace... read more →
If all goes according to plan, Bronx residents will begin to enjoy the fruits of the long-awaited redesign of their transit bus network on June 26. Planning for the project began in 2018. It met stiff opposition upon the release of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's draft plan in 2019, was put on... read more →
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to enact a major update to its Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) program, setting new standards on vehicle emissions and zero-emission vehicle regulations that 16 other states follow. Section 177 of the Clean Air Act allows these states to adopt California’s standards in lieu of... read more →
Chasen Cos. built a business model by buying old warehouse, retail and office properties in Baltimore, gutting them and turning them into luxury apartments. The strategy has yielded steady growth since the company’s founding in 2017. But in the past year, Chasen's growth skyrocketed as it doubled in size to... read more →
Dive Brief: President Joe Biden carved out $142 billion for the U.S. Department of Transportation in his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year. Public transportation would receive a $13.6 billion injection, a $607 million increase from FY2022. And Amtrak would receive $3 billion in its annual appropriation, a $669... read more →
As of September 2021, almost half of U.S. full-time employees were working remotely, either part or all of the time, Gallup found. Moreover, 91% of full- and part-time remote workers across the U.S. hoped to partially or fully work from home after the pandemic. This shift impacts not just workers and their... read more →
In a recent conversation with a car dealer in the Dallas area, I was asked who will afford all the electric vehicles that are coming to market in the next several years. Despite all the hype for EVs, the dealer told me, many of his customers live paycheck to paycheck and bargain... read more →
Women are three times more likely than men to worry about their safety on public transit. They also rely more on public transportation, where sexual harassment and more serious gender-based violence can be commonplace for many. That reality can lead women to choose more expensive travel options – driving or ride-hailing – creating what Sarah Kaufman, associate... read more →
On a visit to Denver last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stood in front of an electric vehicle (EV) charger at the Denver Housing Authority's Mariposa Apartments to tout a plan for moving the country “from the days of electric vehicles being a rare, luxury item and working to make them affordable... read more →
Dive Brief: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, along with the mayors of Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and Yonkers, unveiled the creation of a Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) on Tuesday that they say will be a first-of-its-kind center for cybersecurity coordination across the state. The... read more →