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Some electric transportation news

08/16/23

When you buy an Amtrak ticket, you sometimes end up riding a diesel-powered bus instead of a train pulled by an diesel-fueled, dual-powered (electric and diesel) or electric (in the Northeast) locomotive. Now at least one of the diesel-powered buses in the Amtrak network is being replaced by an electric-powered bus. Passengers traveling mid-day on →

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Solar-powered boarding ramps – in Seattle?

10/05/13

As we head into the dark, dreary and drippy season here in Seattle, my first question about the solar powered boarding ramps being tested by Alaska Airlines was “How can that possibly work?” The answer to that question – and a host of others relating to efficiently getting passengers on and off a plane – →

Air France turning old uniforms into car insulation

02/06/13

At airports and on airlines, green is in and getting “inner.” Airports are installing solar farms and wind turbines and getting serious about recycling food waste and other materials generated inside the terminals. Airlines are rolling out in-flight recycling programs and having flight attendants separate the trash they collect as they go up and down →

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Solar powered airports? Yup!

04/29/09

Earth Hour, Earth Day and Earth Month may be over for this year, but the trend to go green is becoming a year-round thing at many airports. Rare is the terminals that doesn’t at least have recycling bins these days. And now many airports are embracing solar power and wind power. My recent column in →

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Some electric transportation news

Solar-powered boarding ramps – in Seattle?

Air France turning old uniforms into car insulation

Solar powered airports? Yup!