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Roadkill Report a Roadmap to Avoiding Wildlife Collisions

Katherine E Kerlin — September 18, 2018 - 3:27pm

Collisions with wildlife continue to cost up to half a billion dollars each year in California, primarily within the central Sierra Nevada and San Francisco Bay Area. But certain highways have especially high numbers of wildlife collisions, according to the annual roadkill report from the �ٺ��Ƶ Road Ecology Center.

You Say You Want a Transportation Revolution? How About Three of Them?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 02, 2017 - 12:40pm

Three transportation revolutions are in sight, and together, they could help reduce traffic, improve livability, save trillions of dollars and reduce urban transportation CO2 emissions by 80 percent or more worldwide by 2050. That’s according to a report released today from the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based nonprofit Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

But to receive the most benefit from electric, driverless and shared transportation, the three revolutions must happen at the same time.

The Future Car Is Driverless, Shared and Electric

Katherine E Kerlin — March 13, 2017 - 12:25pm

The nation’s top transportation experts see rapid change in transportation as a result of three major technology revolutions: shared, electric and automated vehicles. That’s according to a survey by the Institute of Transportation Studies at �ٺ��Ƶ. The group also released a set of policy briefs, described below, which were guest-authored by leading transportation policy experts.

Wildlife vs. Vehicle Costs Top $225 Million Annually in California

Patricia Bailey — September 26, 2016 - 9:14am

Collisions involving vehicles and wildlife cost California more than $225 million annually, according to data from a 2016 report from the �ٺ��Ƶ Road Ecology Center.