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Yet the same document also includes plans for a thousand new lane-miles of new and widened highways, an investment incompatible not only with the rapid transit system but also with the stated values of the planning authority.
Northern Virginia’s Transportation Authority Proposes a Region-Wide Rapid Transit Network
draft plan
Even with current battery technology, the company claims, its planes could be able to fly about 400 kilometers, or 250 miles. That’s about the distance between New York City and Boston or Paris and London.
The battery requirements to fly even these short trips are pretty substantial. Heart’s 19-seat planes will carry about 3.5 tons of batteries on board, for a combined capacity comparable to that of eight to 10 electric vehicles.
This Is What’s Keeping Electric Planes From Taking Off
Casey Crownhart
At Arizona State University, the local Mormon church offers discounted parking to students if they agree to take a religion class. Parking with the university can cost up to $800 a semester; parking with the Latter-Day Saints costs $15 (plus a bit of your soul).
Paved Paradise
Henry Grabar
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