The Transportation Sustainability Research Center was formed to study the economic, social, environmental, and technological aspects of sustainable transportation. It is housed at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

tsrc staff july 2009

 

 

TSRC staff at the summer 2009 barbecue at Richmond Field Station.

 

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TSRC Co-Director Dan Kammen and California Assemblymember Fran Pavley, author of SB 32 in front of a new alternative fuel SUV.

 

 

 

 

TSRC Co-Directors Susan Shaheen and Tim Lipman with a TSRC test vehicle.

 

 













August 3: Sustainable Futures All-electric cars: driving costs down... Following on from a study that compared gasoline-fuelled vehicles with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), DEREK LEMOINE AND DANIEL KAMMEN, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, have extended their analysis to include EVs. ... "Electrified transportation may be crucial to the transition to a low-carbon future because it becomes cleaner as the grid becomes cleaner. Introducing EVs soon can begin the slow process of adopting the vehicles that could enable achievement of long-term greenhouse gas targets," write Lemoine and Kammen.

August 3 Can the Military Find the Answer to Alternative Energy? ...the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Dept.'s famous research branch wants to reduce the current cost of algae-based fuel from $20-$30 per gallon down to $3.