http://cenic.collegiatecreate.org Collegiate with the Environment Naturally In Check Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en http://cenic.collegiatecreate.org/2008/02/08/higher-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-new-york-city-taxis/ http://cenic.collegiatecreate.org/2008/02/08/higher-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-new-york-city-taxis/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:12:24 +0000 junderberg http://cenic.collegiatecreate.org/2008/02/08/higher-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-new-york-city-taxis/ Last spring CENIC members worked with Environmental Defense general council Jim Tripp to write a petition to Mayor Bloomberg and the Taxi and Limousine Commission asking for higher fuel efficiency standards for the city’s 13,000 taxis. CENIC members amassed a total of 1,600 signatures from students, parents, faculty and even outside pedestrians.Shortly after we sent our petition, Mayor Bloomberg pledged to raise the taxi fleet’s fuel efficiency standards, and in December the Taxi and Limousine Commission officially adopted a comprehensive plan nearly identical to the one proposed in our petition.  Details here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/12/12/green.taxis.ap/   

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