The Texas Transportation Institute of Texas A&M University recently released TTI’s annual traffic study. Not surprisingly, it made the front page in the Washington, DC, area since DC tied with Chicago for the nation’s worse traffic congestion. Putting aside not-minor methodological issues (see here as well), the simple reality is that it gets much (MUCH) harder to […]
DC streets most clogged in nation: what can we do?
January 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on DC streets most clogged in nation: what can we do?
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Duh … incentivizing action leads to action: getting utilities to focus on energy efficiency
January 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a report today examining the impact of incentive structures for sparking greater utility investment in energy-efficiency programs. The press release opens: The ability for utilities to profit from their energy efficiency programs provides strong motivation to create, support, and deliver successful programs … My initial […]
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