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The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion
For many years, roads and special lanes have arisen in urban areas of the United States with the aim of reducing traffic congestions. Nevertheless, the continuous enlargement of the road network, rather than being a solution, is proven to be a contribution to the traffic increase, a recent study by University of Toronto says. The... »
Private money for public transport services in Shenzhen: New Deal in infrastructure finance in China?
The city of Shenzhen, one month before the beginning of the XXVI Universiade Games, took advantage of this event to expand its urban underground with 16 kilometres and 10 stations more. Shenzhen followed the examples of what done by Beijing for the Olympic Summer Games in 2008 and by Shanghai for the 2010 EXPO.... »
European towns to go on foot
Many European cities are creating car-unfriendly environments, for instance by increasing the costs for driving. Another way to tilt the drivers towards more environmental-friendly transport means is that of hampering them to park. In fact, while there is always room for new shopping malls and apartment buildings in cities like Vienna, Barcelona and London,... »
Philadelphia metro: when breaking will provide clean energy to its city
Metros are already fundamental in everyday urban life: by providing rapid and efficient public transport in cities, they allow citizens and commuters to avoid stressful driving and facilitate the decongestion of streets from car traffic and pollution. Without metros, life in modern cities would be otherwise upsetting, and CO2 and NoX levels would be... »
A commitment for Sustainable Mobility from US most promising entrepreneurs
28 companies among 200 suggested by the Businessweek.com’s readers have been signalled among the most promising entrepreneurs of America. The companies’ rank is various, as small start ups as well as multi millionaires (in dollar) are both represented: their common character is that they all run business activities encompassing a social commitment. The companies passed... »
Transport in the Carpathian Mountains – UNEP
Sandei, from UNEP, provided a general outlook on the main features of the transport system within the Carpathians, during its presentation at the SWOMM Side Event at CSD18. Representing one of the Europe’s largest mountain ranges, the Carpathians are an area of outstanding ecological value, inhabited by 20 millions of people sharing a peculiar... »
Railways in mountain areas – UIC
Margrethe Sagevik, of the International Union of Railways (UIC), addressed the issue of railways in mountain areas during her presentation at the CSD18 SWOMM Side Event. The UIC is the Worldwide Association representing the Railway Sector, counting about 200 members from all continents. The scope of UIC mission is promoting the rail transport at a... »
The United Nations transport policies and SWOMM
The General Assembly of United Nations recognised, in the Agenda 21 (Chapter 7 and 9) and in its further implementing sessions, that the issue of transport has been playing a key role in determining the demand for energy. Transportation, in fact, is expected to grow both in the developed than in the developing countries.... »
Performing solutions in public transport management at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver
The city of Vancouver (Canada) has just hosted the Winter Olympics (February 12th-28th) and Paralympics (March 12th – 21st). The event, one of the biggest at a world scale, registered a worldwide audience and attracted millions of visitors from all the continents. Dealing with the massive crowd expected in the mountain environment was one of... »
Fuelling Public Transport – Do buses bring more customers? 9- 11th June 2010 Lyon France
The International Association of Public Transport is organizing a conference to be held on the 9-11th of June in Lyon, focusing on how green buses are pushing people to the public transport. Though buses have been traditionally suffering of a bad reputation, some progresses arose in the last two decades. During the conference best practices... »