I read an article yesterday on John Waylon, a.k.a. Plasma Boy, a tinkerer who fitted 1972 Datsun body with not one but two electric engines — forklift engines — powered by battery packs. His team takes the car racing on public tracks and with its instant acceleration, the car does wonders on the quarter-mile drag [...]
Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
White Zombie: the electric car that leaves Corvettes in the dust
Posted in environment, technology, tagged electric car, energy, media, technology, transportation on 27 March, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Napa to Willits rail: draft EIR released
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, ceqa, impacts, local, planning, transportation on 16 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Monday, March 9, the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) released a draft environmental impact report (EIR) disclosing the expected environmental impacts of reestablishing freight train operations on the Russian River Division, a 142-mile stretch of the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) line between Lombard in Napa County and Willits in Mendocino County. This signals the start [...]
Greening I-5 from Mexico to Canada?
Posted in current events, environment, local, technology, tagged california, energy, oregon, puget sound, transportation, washington on 11 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to recent articles in the Seattle Times and EcoGeek, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington are considering a plan that would allow motorists travelling along U.S. Interstate 5 to charge or change electric-vehicle batteries, or to fill fuel tanks with biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen or compressed natural gas when they stop at rest stops [...]
U.S. House approves funds for dredging Crescent City harbour
Posted in current events, environment, local, tagged california, environment, impacts, local, natural resources, transportation on 2 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Crescent City Daily Triplicate announced on Saturday that an appropriations bill that just passed the U.S. House of Representatives included $1.6 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Crescent City’s harbour. The bill stills needs to pass the Senate vote and be signed by President Obama before the Corps officially gets [...]
New hybrid tugboat
Posted in technology, tagged california, energy, puget sound, transportation on 9 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Reprinted from EcoGeek.] When one considers the myriad of things becoming hybrid, tugboats are not one of those which immediately come to mind. But in southern California (where else?) the world’s first true hybrid tug was recently unveiled. The Carolyn Dorothy, displayed before a large crowd in the Long Beach, California area on January 23, [...]
Richardson Grove EIR: Comment period extended
Posted in current events, environment, local, tagged ceqa, environment, humboldt, nepa, planning, transportation on 6 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I forgot to mention that Caltrans extended the comment period on the environmental impact report (EIR) for Richardson Grove widening project. The public can submit comments until March 12, by sending them by mail to: Deborah Harmon, Senior Environmental Planner CA Department of Transportation 1656 Union Street Eureka, CA 95501 or to: Kim Floyd, Project [...]
Richardson Grove EIR comments
Posted in current events, environment, local, tagged ceqa, environment, impacts, local, nepa, planning, transportation on 28 January, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I wrote a couple of times in December about the draft environmental impact report (EIR)/environmental assessment (EA) prepared by the California Department of Transportation for the Richardson Grove improvement project. I thought I’d share the comments I sent to CalTrans. As a reminder, the comment period has been extended by one week to end on [...]
Bad CARB?
Posted in current events, markets, technology, tagged air quality, california, energy, transportation on 20 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to last week’s East Bay Express, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is preparing to place emissions testing requirements for hybrid cars that will make it financially impractical for anyone but the big auto industry to develop and market “plug-in” technology. The decision is expected to be adopted at this week CARB meeting, January [...]
Richardson Grove: trees, safety, business
Posted in current events, environment, local, tagged economy, environment, impacts, local, planning, transportation on 24 December, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned recently, the draft environmental impact report (EIR)/environmental assessment (EA) for the Richardson Grove improvement project is available for review on the California Department of Transportation’s Website. The Times-Standard had two articles this week on the matter: Sunday, an overview of the project, and Tuesday, a more detailed description of local businesses’ arguments [...]
Road safety, old-growth grove
Posted in current events, environment, local, tagged environment, impacts, local, planning, transportation on 9 December, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The California Department of Transportation announced on Friday that the draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the Richardson Grove improvement project was available for review. The project consists in the widening and realignment of a one-mile section of US Route 101 — the primary life link connecting the north coast of California to the Bay [...]
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