June 2009 Archives
White Paper Seeks Electric Car Comments
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 30, 2009
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has a new white paper out, and the agency is seeking related public comment. The text is titled, "Light-duty vehicle electrification in California: Opportunities and Barriers."
Written by the Commission's Policy and Planning Division staff -- no authors' names are listed -- the paper is 74-pages long and features a two-page glossary of acronyms, charts galore, and nearly 200 footnotes.
From the executive summary:
Permalink Discuss (1 Comments)Milken: Manufacturing Losses Calif. 'Canary in Coal Mine'
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 25, 2009
The Milken Institute is out this week with a new report, which can be read as a companion piece of sorts to this recent release.
The new text is titled, "Manufacturing 2.0: A More Prosperous California." Written by Ross C. DeVol, Perry Wong, Armen Bedroussian, Candice Flor Hynek and David Rice, the report details the state's -- and the nation's -- loss of manufacturing jobs, analyzes the impact of those losses, and makes recommendations on how to alter that trend.
Permalink Discuss (3 Comments)Iran Irregularities Uncovered by Top Tank
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 23, 2009
A potentially significant turn-of-events regarding the Iranian election crisis comes thanks in part to the work of one of the world's top think tanks.
London-based Chatham House's June 21 report, "Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran's Election," revisits recent and historic Iranian voting data. As the New York Times quotes one of the 'Preliminary Analysis' authors saying about election officials:
Permalink Discuss (2 Comments)SoCal Cities Are High-Tech; Silicon Valley, Higher
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 19, 2009
Improve Education Or Imperil Economy, Tank Says
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 18, 2009
The Public Policy Institute of California (motto: "Informing and improving public policy through independent, objective, nonpartisan research") recently published a report titled, "Educating California: Choices For the Future."
Permalink Discuss (2 Comments)Congestion Pricing -- For Freeways Too
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 15, 2009
TTLA didn't provide a full enough scope when recently noting a new RAND study about congestion pricing.
The same day of that post, the L.A. Times ran this story, "L.A. County Considers Congestion Pricing for 110 and 10 Freeways."
Permalink Discuss (1 Comments)New RAND Study On Congestion Pricing
By Jeremy Rosenberg
June 9, 2009
London and her Chelsea Tractors have it. Singapore and Stockholm, too. Mayor Bloomberg pushed for it in New York. What's the truth about the effectiveness of so-called congestion pricing -- surcharges paid for rush-hour and other trips into particular sections of cities?
Liisa Ecola and Thomas Light of RAND have a new report out regarding the matter, Equity and Congestion Pricing: A Review of the Evidence.
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