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SWOMM 2011 – Railways, Mountains and Environment
Railways companies discussing further improvements of the Alpine transport Rome, 13 December 2011 – The issue of traffic flows in mountain areas and, in particular, in the Alps, goes beyond national borders and needs to be thought again with a view to sustainable development and international cooperation. The Kyoto Protocol and the recent developments occurred in... »
Google Launches Open Spot, an App to Help You Find Open Parking
Google has launched Open Spot, a new app aimed at helping “driving users” to find and share parking spots. How does it work? It is very easy: users update a map when they are leaving their parking spots, thus enabling other drivers who are looking for a parking spot in the same area to quickly... »
Joint Session of the TRANSITECTS & AlpCheck 2 Projects Meetings
The Joint Session of the TRANSITECTS & AlpCheck 2 Projects Meetings was held on 13 July 2010 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. It included an introductory speech by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat’s Coordinator, Mr. Douglas McGuire. The Joint Session was organized to coincide with the partners’ meetings of the two projects related to the European... »
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 21st century “green evolution” of London red bus
Few places in the world may be immediately identified just by the presence of one means of transport as London does with its red double-decker buses, symbolizing the city in any picture or media’s image. London Municipality – Major Boris Johnson and the transport commissioner Peter Handy – unveiled the project of renewing the “Routemaster”... »
“Sustainable Mobility in Mountain Areas” – SWOMM Side Event at the CSD18
UN Headquarters, New York EcoSoc Conference Room 12 May 2010 from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. The 18th Commission of Sustainable Development of United Nations will host the SWOMM Side Event, “Sustainable Mobility in Mountain Areas”. The event, to be held on 12th of May 2010 from 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm, is being organized by... »
A greener future for cars. Release and presentation of a new book “L’auto che sarà. Il Futuro della Mobilità”, by Enzo Argante, EGEA
The Research Center CERTeT (Centro di Economia Regionale, dei Trasporti e del Turismo) and the Master MEMIT (Master in Economia e management dei trasporti, della logistica e delle infrastrutture) of Bocconi University (Milano) are organising the presentation of the book “L’auto che sarà. Il Futuro della Mobilità“, by Enzo Argante, edited by EGEA. The event... »
SWOMM Side Event (12th May 2010) at the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York
Discussion on mountain mobility to be held at the UN Commission Sustainable Development. SWOMM goes to NYC -12th of May 2010 Mobility takes a specific shape when analysed in a mountain context. The five editions of the SWOMM, Scientific Workshop on Mountain Mobility and transport, have tried... »
Boosting sustainable postal deliveries: The Greenpost Project
Even if nowadays our mail travels for the most throughtout the web and writing paper has lost most of its fascination, there will always be room for communication by post. Hence, why don’t try alternative and less polluting solutions for hauling our hard copies? Greenpost is a project co-financed in the frame of the European... »
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... »