Apr 28, 2023 Press Release
ATLANTA, Ga. – April 25, 2023 – The Ray announced it has been named an Environmental Partner with 1% for the Planet, an international organization that encourages sustainable, environmentally protective action through memberships and everyday choices. Environmental Partners work to advocate, conserve, steward,…
Apr 18, 2022 Press Release
Findings from The Ray and Geotab Inc.’s fleet electrification analysis showcase data-driven analysis of truck movement patterns that can help guide State DOTs planning and funding of EV charging infrastructure.
Apr 12, 2022 Press Release
ATLANTA, Ga. – April 12, 2022 – The Ray and NGI released the NextGen Highways Feasibility Study for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (“Feasibility Study”). The Ray and NGI co-lead the NextGen Highways team which is focused on the strategic co-location of electric and communications infrastructure in…
Apr 11, 2022
NextGen Highways Feasibility Study for the Minnesota Department of Transportation: Buried High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission The NextGen Highways Team worked with an internal working group at the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to investigate the opportunities and barriers associated with locating buried high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission and fiber within the highway right-of-way (ROW). This…
Dec 15, 2021
This video explains what CORE SC is.
Dec 1, 2021
Check out The Ray’s executive director Allie Kelly on The Suburban Women Problem podcast’s “World on Fire?” episode here.
Nov 15, 2021
Allie Kelly, Executive Director of The Ray, discusses how The Ray is transforming the way we utilize our highway system. The discussion explores utilization of The Ray’s Vision Zero mission to reduce transportation carbon emissions, modernize the grid, and save lives on our roads. Check it out. …
Nov 9, 2021
Allie Kelly talks ROW solar and how The Ray is expanding solar development on U.S. highways with our new Esri solar mapping tool with ArcGIS capability. https://theray.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Weather-Channel-11-9-2021.mp4…
Oct 20, 2021 Press Release
New Tool Enables Departments of Transportation to Analyze Rights-of-Way for Zero-Carbon Electric Grid Expansion Research published by the Webber Energy Group (WEG) at the University of Texas at Austin, and by The Ray, a nonprofit studying technologies that can transform the transportation sector for a Vision Zero future, documented the…
Oct 7, 2021 Press Release
The Ray, a nonprofit testbed for sustainable transportation, announces a fleet electrification study to analyze the movement patterns of medium and heavy-duty freight vehicles on select American interstates and highways. Using data provided by Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”), a global leader…
Sep 24, 2021
Solar farms are key to the future of green energy, but they come with a problem — how to build solar farms without doing more environmental harm. But fourteen miles of sustainable highway in west Georgia is proving that roadside solar on the interstate system makes good environmental and financial…
