June 25, 2018
Blockchain for EVs
With most talk about blockchain in transportation focused on freight and logistics, I want to explore the potential applications of blockchain for electric vehicles (EVs). To fully understand the implications of blockchain for EVs, let’s look at a brief overview of the blockchain, an engineer’s view if you will, characterizing the blockchain from its application…
June 15, 2018
Can we really save the climate by turning air into gasoline?
Last week The Atlantic picked up a story about a Canadian company that is reporting significant progress in reducing the costs of direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 from the atmosphere. Under the rather provocative headline “Climate Change Can Be Stopped by Turning Air Into Gasoline,” The Atlantic‘s coverage was rather credulous and missed some…
June 8, 2018
Reflecting on the 2018 Eno Future Leaders Development Conference
With the support of the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), I recently attended the Eno Center For Transportation (Eno) 2018 Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) as the University of Washington College of Civil and Environmental Engineering representative. Eno is a D.C.-based, non-profit foundation which supports its mission of “cultivating creative and visionary leadership for the…
June 1, 2018
Do Seattle’s dockless bike sharing policies support equity of access?
When evaluating how the City of Seattle’s policies affect the social equity of the bike sharing system (mostly in terms of racial and income factors), we need to consider (1) how the city requirements are defined and what the intention behind is, (2) how bike sharing companies work and what they want to achieve and…
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