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What the Bus? I Thought Trains Were The Greenest Transit Mode?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Amtrak, bus, center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Greyhound, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, mass, mode, train, trains, transit, transportation, Union of Concerned Scientists 5 Comments

Most of us assume that train travel—whether for getting around town, commuting to work or for long hauls—is the most eco-friendly mass transit “mode,” but actually the bus may be even better…

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Amtrak or Bust: Why Isn’t Green Rail Travel Bigger in the U.S.?

Roddy Scheer acela, Amtrak, bullet, Center for Clean Air Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology, high speed, modal, mode, Obama, public, rail, track, tracks, train, trains, transit, transportation 0 Comments

In the spring of 2009, President Obama allocated $8 billion of his stimulus package toward development of more high-speed rail lines across the country, citing the need to reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on foreign oil.