There are just 15 electric public buses on the streets of New York, out of a fleet of more than 5,900 buses. There is just a single electric police patrol car, a Tesla, and only one electric garbage truck.
And in a city with nearly 1.9 million registered passenger vehicles, zero-emission vehicles make up less than one percent.
Despite the urgent need to move away from burning fossil fuels that accelerate climate change, the nation’s largest city is embracing electric vehicles at a tortoise-like pace and lagging behind other major American cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.
As a result, New York will have to work much harder to adopt greener options, including meeting an ambitious goal of electrifying its municipal fleet of nearly 30,000 vehicles, from ambulances to the car that carries the mayor, by 2035.
6:15 am sunrise – Wednesday, April 13 6:00 am sunrise – Friday, April 22 5:45 am sunrise – Tuesday, May 3 5:30 am sunrise – Monday, May 16 5:45 am sunrise – Friday, July 15 6:00 am sunrise – Saturday, July 30 6:15 am sunrise – Sunday, August 14
Enjoy the sun ☀ this morning as it’s not expected to last ☔
The rain and mild temperatures should help with the green up over the next week, especially in the lower elevations. I don’t care that much, I got to work in the office downtown but I’ll bring my umbrella tomorrow. Looks like next week will be quite mild.
Today. Feels like …
April 17th.
Mostly sunny.
Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
and
60 degrees
,
7:27
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
April 26th.
A chance of rain, mainly after midnight. Increasing clouds.
South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
41 degrees
,
6:27
sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like …
April 4th.
Rain likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy.
East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
53 degrees
,
7:28
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like …
May 2nd.
A chance of rain, mainly after 8pm. Cloudy.
Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
43 degrees
,
6:25
sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like …
April 5th.
Rain. High near 54. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
and
54 degrees
,
7:29
sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like …
May 2nd.
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Kind of clear but cold. Got cold enough for a pretty good frost last night. The air has the musk of skunk on it, the smell of love as trappers say.
Mostly sunny and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ Calm wind.
Slept unusually well last night 🛏, didn’t wake until around 6:15. Usually I’m up around five 5⃣ but I don’t get out of bed until six. Made my morning walk 🚶 a few minutes late but I past the High School before the busiest traffic 🚥.
Got home at around 6:15 last night 🚍 which wasn’t too bad. I had a relatively quick dinner 🍲, reheating left overs from Sunday dinner a few weeks back and walked down to the park 🏞.
While by the time I was heading home from the park the coyotes 🐺 were howling by the farm on Van Dyke, the spring peepers 🐸 were loud and I heard geeese honking 🦆, my evening walk atthe town park was kind of a bust fit wildlife. Indeed about all I saw was a few red winged black birds and robins.
