Inside a Campaign to Move $1 Billion Toward Electrifying Global Transportation

Inside a Campaign to Move $1 Billion Toward Electrifying Global Transportation

Drive Electric is a global campaign to electrify road transportation, housed at ClimateWorks and including over 100 partners. It’s out to move $1 billion to the cause, and has rallied $700 million to date, thanks a big new award.

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Transit Groups and Allies Ask Philanthropy to Step Up Movement Support at a Critical Moment

Transit Groups and Allies Ask Philanthropy to Step Up Movement Support at a Critical Moment

To make the most of new federal infrastructure funding, urban mobility groups argue that philanthropy needs to back a full spectrum of clean transportation options—not just vehicle electrification.

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Inside the Hewlett Foundation’s Plan to Ensure the World’s Vehicles Go Electric

Inside the Hewlett Foundation’s Plan to Ensure the World’s Vehicles Go Electric

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, one of the world’s largest climate grantmakers, has gone all-in on electrifying road transportation over the next five years. Here’s how it hopes to tip the balance.

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About Last Year: Livable Streets Donor and Movement Leader Mark Gorton Tells Us What’s New

About Last Year: Livable Streets Donor and Movement Leader Mark Gorton Tells Us What’s New

Based in New York, hedge fund veteran Mark Gorton is big in the livable streets movement as a donor and advocate. We catch up with him on the heels of a year that brought city life outdoors and onto the streets and sidewalks.

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A More United Transit Funder Community Celebrates Federal Wins—and Looks Ahead

A More United Transit Funder Community Celebrates Federal Wins—and Looks Ahead

Funders say support for collaboration between local and national mobility advocates, and a heightened focus on transit riders, led to historic recovery funding for transit. Could transformational change be next?

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Can Philanthropy Help Cities Find the Right Role for Driverless Vehicles?

Can Philanthropy Help Cities Find the Right Role for Driverless Vehicles?

Self-driving vehicles stand to change cities radically, for better or worse, with big implications for equity and the environment. One foundation is trying to give residents more say in how this plays out.

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Better Rural Mobility Through Technology: The Role for Philanthropy

Better Rural Mobility Through Technology: The Role for Philanthropy

A lack of transportation is among the biggest problems facing rural areas, affecting millions of low-income and older Americans. But new technology offers solutions and grantmakers can help speed along innovation.

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