"This is the first time #China has overtaken #Japan in #automobile e#xport at the half-year mark. The achievement has been fueled by the “explosive growth” of #ElectricVehicle export.

EVs have emerged as a key area where China wishes to establish itself as a global leader, thanks largely to the country’s dominance over the long and complex #battery supply chain"

#TransportationTransition #EV
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/powered-by-electric-vehicle-growth-china-overtakes-japan-as-biggest-auto-exporter/

#Swarthmore students will ride #Philadelphia #SEPTA trains and buses for free, on passes purchased by the college. SEPTA gets ridership. Swarthmore gets the carbon #emissions cuts. And,
"Research suggests that getting students to use #transit can have enduring effects."

Many colleges have, or are considering, similar transit mobility programs for their students. #MIT staff use their MIT ID to ride Boston's #MBTA network for free.

#PublicTransit #TransportationTransition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-07/the-power-of-free-transit-passes-for-college-students

@jgkoomey @tylopoda @billheywood

With respect: when you live inside a box, it's hard to look outside it, or to think that the box should have anything other than four wheels.

This is partly why western observers have missed the Toyota I-ROAD and the C+pod (okay the latter does have four wheels).

But the really exciting part of the #TransportationTransition: The vast majority of EVs on the planet have TWO wheels.

This is not spoken of in western media. Our loss.

https://restofworld.org/2022/scooters-and-3-wheelers-are-really-whats-driving-an-ev-revolution/

"In 2022, 4,734 #Denver residents became new #ebike owners. The city's ebike incentive program is considered successful #climate and economic policy, and now we have the data to back it up."

"The success of the Denver rebate program—and its clear impact on reducing transportation #emissions—suggests that policymakers need to take e-bikes much more seriously as a climate action tool.”

#TransportationTransition #biketooter
https://www.ridereport.com/blog/ebike-inventive-programs

"The 14-line, 360-kilometer (224 miles) network is expected to reverse a three-decade decline in #PublicTransport’s share of travel in #Mumbai. The #AquaLine alone is projected to draw 85% of its #commuters away from road travel."

#TransportationTransition #India
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-06-18/will-mumbai-s-new-metro-fix-the-city-s-terrible-traffic

#Gasoline use isn't falling fast enough.

"The #fastest way to cut consumption is to target #ElectricVehicle incentives toward “gasoline superusers”: the 10 percent of population that drives the most and guzzles nearly a third of the country’s gas.

That’s not who’s buying electric vehicles right now."

#TransportationTransition
https://grist.org/transportation/peak-gasoline-superusers-electric-vehicle-incentives/