The Hub 7/28/17: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News
“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.
Pittsburgh Post – Gazette: Electrify Pennsylvania transportation system – Clean Air Council’s Joe Minott and PennFuture’s Rob Altenburg make the case for PA to use the Volkswagon settlement funds to revitalize and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels rather than just retrofit.
CityLab: Britain will ban gasoline cars by 2040 – In London alone, 9,500 people die annually due to from two key pollutants: fine particulates known as PM2.5s and the toxic gas nitrogen dioxide (NO2). NO2 is largely created by diesel cars, lorries, and buses. Cars usually have a lifespan of around 15 years, so conventional engines are likely to be on the country’s roads for more than a decade after 2040.
Wired: Mexico is killing parking spaces. Pay Attention, America. – Philadelphia should pay attention too. City Council President Darrell Clarke wants to double the number of parking spaces required in many zoning categories. According to researchers at Reinventing Parking, by adding a single parking space to an apartment building, a Philadelphia renter would see their rent increase between $150 and $400 per month, regardless of if the renter owns a car or not.
Curbed: Seniors want walkability, too, survey says – According to Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, by 2035 one out of three U.S. households will be headed by someone over 65. That’s 79 million Americans, or slightly less than the population of Turkey.
Tech Crunch: Ford’s Chariot shuttles are expanding to New York City – Rather than pull from public transit ridership, Chariot, a crowd-sourced shuttle service, is aiming to supplement existing transit solutions. They’ll do this by addressing gaps in transit, completing commuter options with first- and last-mile additions, or with routes for underserved areas.
BBC: The man who swims to work – This is one way to beat the traffic and the heat.
