In 2009, Obama pledged $10.5 billion towards high-speed rail development. It looks like the first state to receive some of that money will be Florida. Obama has designated $2.5 billion to the state to begin the first phase of their train system that will run from Orlando to Tampa.
Phase 1 will run along the [...]

Dutch airline company KLM is planning the first biofuel flight on one of its passenger carrying 747’s. On November 23, a Boeing 747 will take a flight powered by a combination of 50% biofuel and 50% jet fuel.
The biofuel being used in this KLM flight will be made from camelina, a feedstock that produces 84% [...]

Boston as announced plans to implement a new urban bike sharing system as early as summer 2010. The program when complete, will be the largest in America.
The new bike-sharing system will be along the same idea as the programs already being used in cities like Montreal and Paris. Riders can pick up bikes at one [...]

NASA has recently announced a competition for eco-minded aircraft designers, one in which low-carbon flying machines will compete for a $1.5m prize at a contest to be held in California in 2011.
The competition will be run and organized by NASA’s light-aircraft collaborator organization, the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation. It will be known as [...]

Congressional officials announced today that the government plans to suspend the “cash for clunkers” program since concerns were raised that it could rapidly run out the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.
The Transportation Department called lawmakers’ offices to alert them to the decision to suspend the program at midnight Thursday. The program offers [...]

The federal government’s cash-for-clunkers program has renewed the car-buying excitement into auto dealers’ showrooms during the weekend and Monday even while concerns surfaced about the complications surrounding the program and how long it will last.
The program provides vouchers ranging from $3,500 to $4,500 as an incentive for consumers to turn in older vehicles to buy [...]

A large cargo ship equipped with 328 solar panels is now docked at the Port of Long Beach, California as a demonstration project by the port, Toyota and shipping company NYK Line. The ship is the first cargo ship to use solar power for more than just small electrical applications.
The ship, the M/V Auriga [...]

In Amsterdam, the main hub of culture and business in The Netherlands, almost 40% of commuters and residents use their bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. In Utrecht, a city southeast of Amsterdam, cyclists account for around 35%.
“The bicycle is the means of transport used most often in Amsterdam,” reports Bike Europe. “Between [...]

In 2008, New York City had a 35% increase in commuter cycling. A great deal of that increase was due, in part, to New York City’s Department of Transportation, which has been experimenting with innovative bicycle facilities based on European city models that work well. In the last three years, the city of New York [...]

During the first quarter of 2009, more bikes were sold in the US of A than cars and trucks. While the current recession is still negatively affecting bike sales, they didn’t fall as fast, or as hard, as automobile sales. Around 2.6 million bicycle purchases were made, compared to less than 2.5 million cars and [...]