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    Texas is refusing to register kei trucks, and owners are fighting back

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/texas-is-refusing-to-register-kei-trucks-and-owners-are-fighting-back/ar-BB1kjk9s Texas is refusing to register kei trucks, and owners are fighting back Story by Joel Stocksdale • 1h • 2 min read Texas is refusing to register kei trucks, and owners are...
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    Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours

    https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/23/spains-plan-to-ban-domestic-flights-where-you-can-take-a-train-in-under-two-and-half-hours Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours By Euronews Green Published on 23/02/2024 - 17:34•Updated 26/02/2024...
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    France: Free public transport takes off in Montpellier

    https://amp.dw.com/en/france-free-public-transport-takes-off-in-montpellier/a-68308580 France: Free public transport takes off in Montpellier Lisa Louis 02/21/2024 February 21, 2024 Montpellier is now the biggest metropolitan area in Europe where residents can take public transport for free...
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    280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

    https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/280-million-e-bikes-are-slashing-oil-demand-far-more-than-electric-vehicles/ 280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world. THE CONVERSATION...
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    Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/paris-charge-suv-drivers-higher-parking-fees-tackle-auto-besity Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’ Size, weight and motor will be taken into account as councillors target ‘dangerous, cumbersome’ vehicles Kim...
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    The age of ‘the car is king’ is over. The sooner we accept that, the better

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/30/car-is-king-accidents-pollution-road-vehicles-public-transport Tue 30 Aug 2022 03.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 30 Aug 2022 13.35 EDT John Vidal Accidents and pollution are making road vehicles untenable. With public transport and...
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    One of Europe’s Smallest Nations Tries a Big Idea: Free Public Transit

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-07/inside-luxembourg-s-experiment-with-free-public-transit Since 2020, residents of Luxembourg have been able to ride trains and buses throughout the country without buying tickets. Is the policy paying off? Luxembourg launched a tram service...
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    Pete Buttigieg is a failure at the U.S. Department of Transportation - UPDATE: He's improved!!

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    The highway where trucks work like electric trains

    In Lübeck, Germany, there's one of several eHighway test projects: overhead catenary wires, where electric trucks with pantographs can pull power directly from the grid. Thanks to everyone who gave so much time to make this video possible! More about the eHighway: eHighway.SH - english Version -...
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    Wal-Mart says it’s preordered 15 of Tesla’s new electric tractor trailers

    Wal-Mart is planning to test Tesla's electric semitractor-trailer and has preordered 15, the retailer says. The pilot is planned for the U.S. and Canada. J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced earlier on Friday it has reserved "multiple" new electric semis just unveiled by Elon Musk. Tesla...
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    NYC MTA to Finally Make Common Sense Improvements

    America in general is 25 years behind in terms of infrastructure planning and streamlining relative to other top developed economies like Canada, Germany, Australia, UK, Japan, Israel, South Africa and Spain etc. All of this shyt has already been completed decades ago in these countries...
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    China's New Silk Road - freight train to London travels 12,000 km in 18 days

    People's Republic of China is an Army, better yet a Navy :obama: Covering half of the world's GDP... In its efforts to boost export revenues and strengthen connectivity with Europe, China announced the launch of a freight train to London that will traverse over 12,000 kilometres across 18...
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    Five Maps That Improve Our View Of America’s Megaregions

    It’s a fact of modern geography that traditional political maps fail to capture the real outlines of American communities. Cities and states have for some time been slowly subsumed into economic megaregions created by people choosing to live and work at greater distances. For most people...
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