As a young engineer who has recently entered the workforce, I can confidently say that the technology needed to meet the Obama-era clean car standards still exists, and, that they are plentiful and accessible to manufacturers. Read more >
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What is Lightweighting and How Does it Improve Fuel Economy in Vehicles?
Jeremy Lipshaw, MSE in Mechanical Engineering, UCS Science Network, UCS
August 24, 2020 3:19 PM EDT
La contaminación del aire causada por los vehículos en Illinois es injusta, y no tiene porqué serlo
David Reichmuth, Senior vehicles engineer
February 19, 2020 3:11 PM EDT
Los autos, camiones y buses son fuentes significativas de contaminación del aire en Illinois. Pero, ¿cuanta de esta contaminación es atribuible a estos vehículos?, y ¿quiénes están expuestos a ella?
Para ayudarme a responder esta pregunta, he usado un modelo computarizado para estimar la cantidad de partículas finas de materia que causan la contaminación del aire (conocida como PM2.5) que resulta del uso de vehículos en carretera (autos, camiones y buses.) Read more >
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Who Breathes the Dirtiest Air from Vehicles in Minnesota?
Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura, Senior vehicles engineer
February 3, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Most people know that cars, trucks, and buses from our highways and city streets are a significant source of harmful air pollution. While this pollution impacts all communities in the state to some degree, Minnesotans who face the greatest exposure to transportation pollution are those who live near highways, along major freight corridors, and in urban areas.
Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in Maryland
Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura, Senior vehicles engineer
November 15, 2019 1:44 PM EDT
Most people know that cars, trucks, and buses from our highways and city streets are a significant source of harmful air pollution. While this pollution impacts all communities in the state to some degree, Marylanders who face the greatest exposure to transportation pollution are those who live near highways, along major freight corridors, and in urban areas.
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TCI is a Strategy to Enforce Limits on Transportation Pollution
Daniel Gatti, former policy analyst
November 12, 2019 10:47 AM EDT
The Baker administration may be on the verge of leading the Northeast towards a major advance in climate policy.
The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), if successful, would establish the region’s first mandatory and enforceable limits on pollution from transportation, now the largest source of emissions.in Massachusetts and the Northeast.
