Efforts to reduce transportation emissions through electrification can accelerate their impact by focusing on intensively used vehicles. Vehicles driven on ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft are intensively used, and their distinct charging patterns can support the development of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on cities – putting unprecedented pressure on municipal budgets and public services, exacerbating inequalities and revealing their extreme fragility to shocks. At the same time, cities offer among the most promising opportunities to build back...
Stephanie Ly is the Senior Manager, Fleet Electrification and Charging, at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She engages U.S. school bus manufacturers and major industry stakeholders in an effort to electrify all U.S. school buses by 2030 and manages other global e-mobility projects....
Brittany Barrett is the Senior Manager, School District E-Mobility Technical Assistance in the Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She works to help bring together people and resources to facilitate the nationwide transition of all school buses from diesel to electric.
Prior to joining...
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (January 25, 2021) — At the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, the mayors of Miami, Paris, and Rotterdam joined WRI, the Global Center on Adaptation, and more than three dozen other cities, NGOs and governments to confirm the urgency to act now on climate
The unfolding coronavirus pandemic has exposed the systemic vulnerability and inequity of cities and underscored their crucial role in driving a sustainable future. While urban environments have been greatly disrupted, cities also offer promising opportunities to respond and recover while...
