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Sweden and Norway’s green highway
Finland plan to build the first green highway was strongly advertised and made public last month. We also gave notice of it through the SWOMM website. In a recent post, Bengt Magnusson, Editor-in-chief and Europe correspondent for the ERA magazine, in the Euractiv blog, introduced a green highway project implemented by Sweden... »
Between a car and a motorcycle, cutting-edge solution from Japan to urban traffic congestion
Is it a car? Or is it a motorbike? You could easily argue on what Nissan Land Glider really looks like, but it doubtless represents an interesting transversal solution to tackle problems related to urban mobility, traffic congestion and pollution in the 21st century overcrowded cities. The Land Glider concept vehicle was designed by the... »
The magazine “Espansione” fostering sustainable mobility – Milan, 30 June 2010
On the 30 June 2010 the magazine “Espansione” is shaking the city of Milan on mobility, energy and environment by launching the event “Una scossa alla città – Mobilità, energia e ambiente”. “Espansione”, the monthly magazine of the newspaper “Il Giornale” dedicated to the economy, has always been focusing on the issues of energy, waste... »
OLEV: a far-eastern revolutionary solution might change the future of public transport
Is there a reason why the recently presented “Online Electric Vehicle” (OLEV) was described by its inventors as “one of the most significant technical gains of the 21st century”? OLEV is the result of an innovative project carried out by engineers from South Korean’s top-ranked KAIST University, who developed a prototype of an electric... »