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Though most of us in Northeast Ohio enjoy a short average commute time (just 26 minutes), not all communities have that luxury.  To cope, regions with high populations and high outward migration have adopted the use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes, otherwise known as the Carpool Lane.  These forms of traffic infrastructure keep more vehicles off the road, but is it really doing much for smart growth and regional development?  This author wants to weigh out the options.
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ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE? The focus of this year’s HTUF National Conference will be on the impact of hybrid and high efficiency truck technologies over the last ten years, highlighting the changing face of the future. Attendees will hear about policy and legislative actions in incentive programs, resources to support change, the military’s role in advanced truck deployment, the impact of fleet changeover, and what’s next for our industry overall.
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Join Clean Fuels Ohio, the Dayton Development Coalition and the Miamisburg Mound Community Improvement Corp for a day long event showcasing transportation energy alternatives and leading Ohio fleets adopting these solutions to improve efficiency and environmental performance.
 
Learn about gaseous and biofuel alternatives to petroleum, see vendor and technology displays, ride & drive in alternative fuel vehicles and celebrate the 2010 class of Ohio Green Fleets.
 
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Biodiesel and algal biofuel are budding industries with viable options for petroleum replacement. Join us in a live webinar to hear two presenters sort out the pros and cons of the various biodiesel feedstocks, discuss the latest develpments and help you determine whether biodiesel could be a cost effective choice for you.  Just turn on your computer to view over the Internet and listen/interact via either VOIP or phone. This webinar is hosted by Green Energy Leaders at Challenge international.
 
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Ford Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. expressed some provactive thoughts at a speech at the University of Michigan, captured in a Nov 14 article in the NY Times. Namely, he stated that,

"...the world's automotive fleet, now about 880 million vehicles, would grow to 2 billion by midcentury.

"One of the things we absolutely know as we move forward is that congestion is going to be as big a problem as pollution," Mr. Ford said.

This reminds me of a statement made by the great American industrialist Henry Kaiser, regarding the acceptance and success of the personal automobile:

via May 1944, Steel Labor
"The highway program already announced by Federal government really holds the key to the advancement of the auto industry. The saturation point in automovitve production is a long way off, provided proper streets and highways are available."

Well, it seems the Ford Chairman has acknowledged the problem of too many cars and not enough roads/parking spaces and it's encouraging to hear him say that he wants to be part of the solution.

via November 14 NewYork Times:
"Pointing to efforts under way in India and South Africa to encourage consumers to use bicycles, mopeds and public transportation instead of automobiles, Mr. Ford said, “The idea of individual car ownership as we know it today will change, too.”

Ford wants “to be part of that — not to be frightened by it, but to participate in it,” he said."

I believe this to be a landmark statement in the evolution of personal transportation. By focusing on the development of alternative modes of transportation, such as walking, bicycling, and mass transit, and re-arranging automobile ownerhsip as a co-op or carshare, we not only reduce the destructive effects of a car dominated society, but we dramatically increase the livability of cities.

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The 13th Diesel Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER)
Conference will be held on August 13-16, 2007, in Detroit, Michigan.
For more than a decade, the DEER Conference has been the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE's) primary mechanism for the public
exchange of state-of-the-art clean diesel research and development
(R&D).

DEER brings together professionals in the clean diesel community
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