Could Google help usher in a new area of greater fuel efficiency in American vehicles? Daily Tech is reporting that Google is designing fuel use algorithms for Ford’s upcoming hybrid and electric models.

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On Sunday, a team of Navy SEALS repelled into a heavily-fortified mansion in Abbotabad, Pakistan, and took out the most wanted man on earth in a daring night raid that would seem to have nothing to do with transportation policy. Or does it?

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Florida might have rejected close to $2 billion for a high-speed rail project. But the Wall Street Journal is reporting that $1.3 billion of it could be allocated to Amtrak, which would mark the first time the national rail carrier has received federal money specifically for high-speed rail development. Unsurprisingly, the money would likely go towards increasing the speed of trains on the heavily-trafficked passenger corridor between Washington, DC and Boston. Improving Amtrak’s most popular line makes a lot of sense: last year, 10 million passengers traveled on the Northeast Corridor out of a total ridership of just under 30 million; the second and third-most popular rail corridors, both in California, carried 2.6 and 1.5 million passengers, respectively.

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The New York International Auto Show is running at the Jacob Javits Convention Center through May 1st and if you’re a fan of sustainable transportation there’s a whole lot to get excited about. The Nissan Leaf won the 2011 World Car of the Year award, and many automakers are touting the improved fuel efficiency among their conventional car models.

But it wasn’t all about expanding opportunities for electric vehicles and grateful polar bears. Mazda went to great lengths to make it clear that their new line of fuel efficient cars shouldn’t be confused with hybrids and electrics in any way, shape, or form.

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