Transportation
Oil prices set to push hybrid car prices higher?
Dealer markups set for a comeback? A repeat of 2008’s dealer add-ons coming? Over the weekend instability in the Middle East pushed oil prices to levels not since 2008, one of the worst years ever for the buyers of hybrid cars. Back in 2008 it wasn’t uncommon for dealers to add $3000 – $5000 markups [...]
Continue reading...Today’s Headlines – 2/22/11
22 February 2011 – 8:14 am PST
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Several scenarios could result in a government shutdown next month. (Politico) Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative John Mica, two key transportation players, will headline a hearing in Los Angeles tomorrow. (San Diego Union Tribune) High-speed rail supporters are mobilizing around a similar hearing in Fresno today. (LA Times) Supporters of the planned Florida rail project [...]
Continue reading...Lithium plug-ins probably not the future, but still important
21 February 2011 – 8:35 pm PST
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Plugging in just a niche technology for decades? The plug-in revolution will take decades to advance into the mainstream As I’ve rested in bed the last several days, struck down by a nasty virus, one quote has been bouncing around my head. “To compete with advancing gasoline/diesel engines, EV traction batteries have to be much [...]
Continue reading...BMW’s 2013 plug-in vehicles set for launch
21 February 2011 – 10:49 am PST
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The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid BMW i “born electric” BMW has updated its plans for electrification by announcing the formation of the BMW i sub brand, as well as updated names for the first two plug-ins to be sold under the i brand. Nothing really new in this report, but at least we know the [...]
Continue reading...Today’s Headlines – 2/18/11
18 February 2011 – 8:25 am PST
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As the House edges closer to passing a budget, Speaker John Boehner threatened a government shutdown if the Senate does not adopt a similarly cuts-heavy plan. (The Hill) High-speed rail is a lost cause, the Washington Post editorialized. (WP) Three California Republicans seek to redirect the state’s high-speed rail funds to highways. (Bakersfield Californian) A [...]
Continue reading...Fort Lowell Road Milling And Paving
17 February 2011 – 4:24 pm PST
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On Wednesday, February 23, 2011, crews from Granite Construction, under contract to the City of Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT) will be milling and paving a one-block section of Fort Lowell Road east and west of Campbell Avenue. To minimize the impact to the traveling public, crews will be working from 6 p.m. to 6 [...]
Continue reading...Emergency Water Line Repair Work 6th Street And Campbell Avenue Intersection
17 February 2011 – 3:36 pm PST
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To eliminate travel lane restrictions and to accommodate the increase in traffic for tonight’s University of Arizona Men’s Basketball game at McKale Center, Tucson Water crews are making temporary repairs to the water line break at the intersection of 6th Street and Campbell Avenue. The temporary repairs are scheduled to be complete by 5 p.m. [...]
Continue reading...Illinois Senator Dick Durbin to highlight threatened TIGER grants program in Moline this Monday
17 February 2011 – 9:49 am PST
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As the House continues debating a 2011 budget that threatens many of our nation’s core transportation needs, some leaders are stepping up to defend these programs as critical to the lives and livelihoods of regular Americans. This Monday, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, will headline an event in the city of Moline, highlighting how [...]
Continue reading...Today’s Headlines – 2/17/11
17 February 2011 – 7:32 am PST
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America is at a transportation crossroads and can no longer rely on a 20th century interstate system, wrote Secretary Ray LaHood. (The Hill) LaHood is trying to salvage high-speed rail plans rejected by Florida’s governor; Floridian and House transportation committee chair John Mica called the governor’s move “disappointing.” (Transportation Nation, Orlando Sentinel) Leaders in both [...]
Continue reading...House is currently debating 2011 budget containing deep cuts to transportation
16 February 2011 – 1:24 pm PST
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The U.S House of Representatives is currently debating a bill to fund the government through September of this year. As we noted earlier in the week, the budget under consideration contains deep cuts to transportation, including many of travel options Americans use and support. Some of the most important cuts to transportation contained in the [...]
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22 February 2011 – 9:20 am PST
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