{"id":66466,"date":"2008-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-energy-lecture-series-concludes-april-23-with-discussion-of-energy-in-transportation\/"},"modified":"2008-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-energy-lecture-series-concludes-april-23-with-discussion-of-energy-in-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/04\/uri-energy-lecture-series-concludes-april-23-with-discussion-of-energy-in-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 energy lecture series concludes April 23 with discussion of energy in transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2008 \u2013 The final speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Energy Lecture Series is Mark Therrien, assistant general manager of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, who will discuss \u201cOpportunities for Energy Conservation in Transportation\u201d on Wednesday, April 23.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Partnership for Energy, the lecture begins at 4 p.m. in Atrium 2 of the Memorial Union on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus.  The lecture series is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 28 percent of the energy used in Rhode Island goes to move people and goods throughout the state.  Transportation accounts for about 37 percent of the state\u2019s total greenhouse gas emissions, beating out all other emission sources including electricity.  Rhode Island\u2019s public transportation system can play a vital role in creating a healthier state but it is an uphill battle.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tTherrien\u2019s lecture will outline the challenges and opportunities Rhode Island faces in developing efficient transportation systems, including encouraging bigger investments in transit, cleaner operating cars, and cleaner fuels.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tRIPTA is a quasi-public agency established in 1966 and authorized to operate public transit services throughout Rhode Island.  With a 2007 budget of $86.5 million, it carries 25 million passengers and serves 38 communities in the state, making 3,300 daily trips on 58 fixed bus routes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFor additional information about the lecture series, contact Marion Gold at 401-874-5705 or visit www.uri.edu\/cels\/ceoc\/.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2008 \u2013 The final speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Energy Lecture Series is Mark Therrien, assistant general manager of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, who will discuss \u201cOpportunities for Energy Conservation in Transportation\u201d on Wednesday, April 23. &#13; Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Partnership for Energy, the lecture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}