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Qatar has announced plans to build the largest electric charging bus station in the region, which will run on solar energy and monitor and control the operation of all sites involved. High-efficiency solar cell shades will be established for the purpose.
As part of the strategy to shift to clean energy within the Qatar National Vision 2030, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) began installing 653 electric chargers and 713 inverters in 41 charging sites under construction for the Public Bus Infrastructure Program to serve the fleet of electric buses to operate according to the plan set by Ministry of Transport and Communication.
DAPHNE MASHILE-NKOSI | SA on a hiding to nothing if economic sabotage not tackled If criminals in political clothing are not stopped they will become more brazen, poverty will worsen and investors will leave 23 May 2021 - 17:46 By Daphne Mashile-Nkosi WIRED INCORRECTLY Workers take a break at a construction site. Those who target these areas are waging a low-intensity economic sabotage campaign. All they are interested in is unduly benefiting themselves, to the detriment of businesses and the communities they purport to support - communities that stand to benefit from that...
The Atlantic And how to fix it March 12, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic By any reasonable metric, the empty lot on the corner of First and Lorena Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is a natural place to build housing. With a bus stop next door and an Expo Line light-rail station less than a quarter mile away, residents would enjoy an easy 30-minute commute to one of the densest business districts in North America. They could walk to daily necessities such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and restaurants, making car ownership mostly optional. And thanks to the energy efficiencies...
Molly Campbell is an infrastructure finance specialist for the U.S. Treasury. It's her job to figure out how to best spend money on large-scale public projects like bridges, warships, transportation and more. She said her job relies most on math.