Archive for the 'Light Rail' Category

Energy Security – Are We Ready?

Today, President Barack Obama spoke to students at Georgetown University to challenge the next generation to meet the challenge of reducing our dependence on foreign oil.  He put forth a plan to reduce our daily import of foreign oil by a third by 2020 by:

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in biofuel, climate change, education, efficiency, Electric Vehicles, Light Rail, Natural Gas, Oil Addiction, oil spill, Public Transportation, wind power | No Comments

Is Light Rail the Future of Transportation?

While visiting Salt Lake City this week, I rode one of UTA Trax’s electric light rail cars.  I didn’t have a place to go or somewhere I had to be at the time.  I just wanted to go for a ride because an electric streetcar is fun to ride for a clean energy enthusiast. We [...]

March 6th, 2010 | Posted in Electric Vehicles, History, Light Rail, Public Transportation | No Comments