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The 21st century “green evolution” of London red bus

By FedericoM

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”... »

Electric fuelled cars: towards a quantum leap?

By LucaC

Few months ago – on the eve of the 2009 Frankfurt motor show – The Economist dedicated a detailed article to the electrification of motoring, where technical options and details are presented both for carmakers and batteries’ producers. Of the three most common interpretations of newer electric vehicles ( 1-design small vehicles for city... »

Infomobility: which advantages for Alpine tourism?

By AndreaB

Building an efficient infomobility system for allowing citizens to get useful information and plan their journeys in advance, limiting trip time, traffic congestion and noxious emissions. »

ICT could affect mobility in mountain regions

By admin

At SWOMM 2009, Mr. Riccardo Genova from the CIRT – Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Trasporti is going to introduce the role of technology innovation for urban mobility, focussing in particular on low and zero emission vehicles in Local Public Transport (LPT). In the future of Alpine tourism and more in general of mountain regions, private... »

Could congestion be a good thing?

By FrancescoG

During the SWOMM 2009 conference, mobility and urban planning will be addressed with the participation of experts of the field. Reflections coming from this NewZealand blog -Auckland Transport Blog – regarding the “positive” aspects of traffic congestion in rush hours may well be an interesting starting point for a discussion. In fact, if on one... »