SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter
January 2007
Turning to Greener Wheels
With Nuñez
at the forefront, more state legislators choose hybrids as official vehicles.
They're statement cars now, an image consultant says.
Link to story in the Los
Angeles Times:
2007 to be Banner Year for
Transit smartcards and 511 expected to be rolled out in coming months.
Link to story in the
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/01/04/news/top_stories/1_02_181_3_07.txt
Zero-pollution vehicles would
move containers from the docks to local warehouses.
Link to story in the Daily
Breeze:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/5096776.html
Plug-In Hybrid Electric
Vehicles
Link to story on Woman
Motorist:
http://www.womanmotorist.com/index.php/news/main/5705/event=view
FasTrak Finally Catching On in Bay Area
Link to story in the Marin Independent Journal.
http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_4945727
Hybrid Autos Save Money in
Long Run, Study Finds
Link to story in the Los
Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hybrid8jan08,1,3136501.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Next
Schwarzenegger Target: Fuel Emissions
Link to story
from The New York Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-global9jan09,0,7311267.story?coll=la-home-headlines
LA Port Eyes
Maglev Trains to Cut Pollution
Link to story and
audio report on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6740173
Governor’s Green
Vision for State
Link to MediaNews
story:
Aviation Green
Scene
Noise, emissions,
chemical usage and hazardous materials are becoming everybody's business.
Link to story in Overhaul
& Maintenance:
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_om_story.jsp?id=news/OM0107cvr.xml
State
Pollution Trial is Delayed
Link to story in The
Sacramento Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/108907.html (may
require free registration)
Union Pacific
to Test Filtering Canister on Locomotive in LA
Link to story in Progressive
Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=10091
Car-Sharing
Catching on with Bay Area Drivers
Firms provide
autos for those who don't want hassle of ownership.
Link to story in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/22/MNGDANML2T1.DTL
Plan to Cut
Emissions Must be Attractive to Market
Link to story in
the Contra Costa Times:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/opinion/16512623.htm
State Starts
Work on Plan to Curb Greenhouse Gases
First
public hearing by Air Resources Board.
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/23/BAGU1NN88L1.DTL
Firms Seek
Clarification of New Emissions Laws
Link to story in
the Contra Costa Times:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16524358.htm
News Releases
Action Plan
Unveiled to Improve Goods Movement, Reduce Congestion and Improve Air Quality
Samsung Blackjack
Smartphone Connects to TANN Traffic
To better meet the growing
commuter appetite for instant access to real-time highway traffic information,
TANN Traffic can now be obtained on the new Samsung Blackjack Smartphone.http://commuteone.tann.com/publicity/PR-Blackjack.htm
Link to site: http://commuteone.tann.com
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