New technology could help City better understand and address air quality concerns NEW YORK – January 21, 2020 – Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Lisette Camilo, and the City of New York’s Chief Technology Officer John Paul Farmer (CTO) today announced the launch of CityScanner, a pilot program that […]
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In Wake of Fatal Incidents, Fines for Idling Cars Could Go Up
MARCH 25, 2009 – Go nuts, punctuation sticklers. This sign, which either admonishes drivers for leaving their engines idling or encourages loafing youths to hold their breath, was recently spotted outside P.S. 277 in Brooklyn. Besides contributing to global warming, CO2 emissions from vehicles are a major factor in NYC’s high childhood asthma rates; the […]
Continue readingIdling Truck Whistleblower: I Didn’t Do It For The Money
July 7, 2018 – One of the four New Yorkers who filed complaints with the city about idling commercial trucks — which can earn tipsters rewards of up to $500 — apparently didn’t do it for the money. “I haven’t received any compensation and I don’t expect to,” said Tevin Grant, 41, who has filed […]
Continue readingLucid Air Beta Version to Have Global Reveal at New York Autoshow
Lucid Motors believes this will be the transition year in their history. They hope to move from an electric car developer to manufacturer. Plans are to conclude this year with the production Lucid Air rolling off our factory line. Lucid are making significant progress in their mission to set a new standard for sustainable transportation. […]
Continue readingDrivers of NYC’s biggest school bus contractor vote to authorize a strike
With contract talks stalled, thousands of school bus drivers and attendants voted Wednesday to authorize a strike against Reliant Transportation, city schools’ largest bus operator, union officials said. Two thousand workers from the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Local 1181 voted overwhelmingly to authorize the strike against their employer, which operates about 900 of the city’s more […]
Continue readingDaimler’s Roger Nielsen Says: End of Diesel Engines Is In Sight
The beginning of the end is here for the internal-combustion truck engine, said Roger Nielsen, CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, the largest truck manufacturer on the continent. And the replacement for diesel-run trucks will be electric vehicles, Nielsen declared. Not trucks run by natural gas or hydrogen fuel cells or a hybrid of diesel […]
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