"Electric bicycles in Denver are replacing an estimated 100,000 vehicle miles per week, and are doing their part to position transportation policy toward expanding infrastructure and other opportunities for micromobility." govtechnews govtech.com/fs/e-bikes-are…

Offshore wind is happening!

Thanks David Roberts for shedding light on blue states' abysmal records funding sustainable transport, and on states' legislative innovations that can serve as models for turning this around. W/Nick Josefowitz of SPUR & Beth Osborne of Transportation for America open.substack.com/pub/davidrober…

This is absolutely bananas. There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable. But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages? Nope.

Six months of the Boston skyline. I put a beer-can pinhole camera on the roof of my building in the North End on the winter solstice. Today, I took it down.

🤯 Of all of the slides presented at the 6/20 @FERC New England Winter Gas-Electric Forum, this ⤵️ was the mind blower. Every 700 MW of solar offsets 7-10M gals. of fuel oil or 1-1.5 Bcf of methane gas. There’s ~5,500 MW of solar today, & ~700 MW is being added *every year*.

Even in 1960 they knew that the solution to NYC's traffic woes was TRAINS. Thanks Scott Englander Can anyone locate this documentary?

New study of e-bike rebates finds that the average recipient reduced their CO₂ emissions by 12-44 kg/month. That's roughly equivalent to 30-110 miles/month of driving. Not too shabby! doi.org/10.1016/j.tran…

Hot off the presses in Science Magazine! A cross-model comparison of nine independent modeling studies on the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on the US energy & emissions trajectory. Includes REPEAT Project + an all-star cast of modelers! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I am alarmed by today's announcement from the MBTA that Green Line service to Union Square station will shut down for 42 days, from July 18 through August 28. I do understand this is happening because Mass. Transportation needs to make repairs to the Squires Bridge, which runs over both

ICYMI, check out the impressive new TransitMatters Data Dashboard. The design makes it easy to see visual metrics for MBTA speed, service, and ridership, and quickly filter it by line or time period. Providing this information so accessibly fills a critical public service gap.

Behind-the-meter solar is working its magic on a sunny, not too hot New England day. A puzzle: Estimated contribution of BTMPV @ 13:20 was ~4850 MW, whereas 2023 CELT forecast of BTMPV installed year-end 2023 was 3657 MW (AC *nameplate*). Losses can't account for a gap that big.

Mother Nature: “Do you need me to be more explicit?”

I have difficult news to share & am asking for your help. Our 21-yo Ohio Wesleyan University rising senior & wrestler, Sandro, was diagnosed with rare spinal cord cancer & left unable to walk. We face daunting challenges to get thru this crisis. Pls donate & share 🙏 gofundme.com/f/help-sandro-…

Dear Team Sandro, We're absolutely blown away by the generosity of our community, friends, family—and total strangers—435 GoFundMe donors so far who are making the challenges we’re facing with Sandro’s treatment that much less daunting. Here's an update: gofund.me/8c74167c