A new addition to Japan’s bullet train network, the Hokuriku Shinkansen, will start service on March and is deisgned to significantly reduce travel times between Tokyo, Toyama and Kanazawa. The new line is timed perfectly for seeing the cherry blossoms. According to information provided by East Japan Railway Company, the Hokuriku Shinkansen departs from […]
According to a recent report, commuters in New Jersey still prefer to get behind the wheel of their car for the daily commute, though the green trend may be brightening – a bit. Nearly 72 percent of NY residents dive alone to work, largely unchanged in the past eight years. That said, younger residents are […]
EXCLUSIVE TO GREEN TRANSIT NEWS: The findings of a new report issued by the Department of Transportation entitled “Beyond Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices,” paints a potentially troubling picture as it relates to how we travel and underscores the need for far more green transit alternatives to be implemented. Let’s start with the demographics: Over […]
Hold the jokes (and your nose). A U.K.-based biogas plant, GENeco, has developed a 40-seater than runs on converted sewage and food waste. Honest. The vehicle is called the Bio-Bus, is the first bus of its kind in the U.K. abd can run for about 186 miles on a single tank of fuel — which […]
According to the latest research focusing on the Twin Cities, transit providers in the seven-county metro area delivered 97.7 million rides on buses and trains last year, an increase of 3.5 percent as compared to the prior year. Much of increase has been associated with the June opening of the Green Line light-rail line. Transit […]
According to the latest research, sales of electric trucks and buses are anticipated to reach nearly 160,000 units annually by 2023, a tremendous leap from less than 16,000 in 2014. Heretofore, all-electric power for commercial vehicles has always been a challenge, because of the sheer size of the battery packs required to store and deliver […]
BYD Motors, an American Manufacturer of battery-electric transit buses, has recently rolled out the world’s largest battery electric vehicle – a 60-foot articulated bus – in Long Beach, California. The vehicle can carry 120 passengers and will be driven from BYD’s factory in Lancaster, California where it was designed and built to Long Beach for […]
As snow continued to fall early Tuesday, Mass transit systems remained shut down from New York City to Boston this morning and most roads were closed parts of five states. Airlines canceled thousands of flights as the much-anticipated blizzard took aim at the Northeast. Snowfall totals have reached up to 17 inches so far in […]
