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DOT Funds New Climate and Transportation Research Center
The announcement came, perhaps not coincidentally but certainly fortuitously after the current occupant, aka Donald Trump, of a courtroom in Manhattan who is being tried for fraud, asked the oil and gas industries for $1 billion in political contributions so that he can stop all work on decarbonization and climate change. Continue reading
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Nissan Testing Cooperative Congestion Management
Nissan said today that a trial with UC Berkeley and Contra Costa Transportation Authority showed how connected vehicles can help reduce congestion. Nissan’s Cooperative Congestion Management (CCM) trial resulted in 85% fewer hard-braking events and 70% less time stopped in traffic during 600 miles of testing. It’s the latest example of how connected vehicles can yield safety benefits, although there are still huge, unanswered questions about privacy rights and the lack of regulations with the impending monitoring by State and the Federal government entities. Continue reading →